Sentences and Fragments

As if he had never been asked to open his locker before.

• Fragment

• Complete Sentence

He shivered.

• Fragment

• Complete Sentence

Jill's paper she had been working on for the past three consecutive nights while eating snacks, drinking soda pop, and watching random YouTube videos, was finally done.

• Sentence Fragment

• Run-on Sentence

• Complete Sentence

What is/are the subject(s) in the following sentence: Aaron is helping Blake and Carter write a series of articles for the school paper.

• Aaron

• Blake and Carter

• write

• articles

Select the verb(s) in the following sentence: Was Sarah talking to Kendra’s ex-boyfriend after the softball game?

• Sarah

• after

• was

• talking

Fill in the blank:

__________ a group of words that expresses a complete thought.

Draw a beautiful flower if you are clear on sentences and fragments.

Which is the best description of what fragments MAY LACK?

• They may lack subjects.

• They may lack verbs.

• They may lack either a subject or a verb, or both.

• They may lack predicates.

How do you find the subject of a sentence?

• Find the verb first, then ask who or what performed the verb.

• Find the noun first, then ask what is he, she, or it doing.

• Find the helping verb, and the phrasal verb in a sentence.

What type of clause CAN stand on its own as a complete sentence?