phrases and clauses complete and incomplete

If a group of words is to be considered a clause, it must have...

• a subject

• a verb

• a preposition

• an adjective

If a group of words is missing _________________, it is considered a phrase.

• a subject

• a verb

• a preposition

• an adjective

This is a CLAUSE. Identify all the VERBS.

finish your broccoli now

• finish

• your

• broccoli

• now

Sentence Fragment - Definition

• An incomplete sentence that is missing a subject, a verb or both
• A sentence with one complete sentence and at least one fragment
• A sentence consisting of one complete thought and no fragment

the picture is beautiful

• phrase
• independent clause
• dependent clause

Everything was fine until the Fire Nation attacked.

• Complete idea (independent clause)

• Incomplete idea (dependent clause)

Adjective - Definition

• describes a noun or pronoun (tells what kind/how many)
• Action or state of being
• A word that takes the place of a noun
• a word used to connect phrases, clauses, and sentences

Under the ocean blue.

• Phrase
• Dependent Clause
• Independent Clause

This is a PHRASE. What is it missing?

dancing in the street

• a subject

• a verb

• both

Examples of verbs

• ran, skipping, singing, walked, hoped
• Christmas, rock, school, boy, girls
• big, yellow, thin, amazing, beautiful, quick, important
• quickly, happily, lazily