Complete Sentences, Fragments, and Run-Ons

1. 1. A complete sentence needs a _______ and a _________.

• sentence; period

• subject; preposition

• subordinating conjunction; predicate

• subject; predicate

2. The subject of a sentence is a ______.

• noun

• verb

• adjective

• adverb

3. 3. True or false? The subject of a sentence tells who or what the sentence is about.

• True

• False

4. The _________ of a sentence is a verb that tells what the subject is doing or the condition of the subject.

• preposition

• punctuation

• predicate

• princess

5. What is the simple subject in the following sentence?: My sister Stella is visiting us next weekend.

• Stella

• sister

• my

• My sister Stella

6. What is the complete subject in the following sentence?: My sister Stella is visiting us next weekend.

• Stella

• sister

• my

• My sister Stella

7. What is the complete predicate in the following sentence?: Alex and his parents walked across the Brooklyn Bridge.

• Alex and his parents

• his parents

• walked across the Brooklyn Bridge

• walked

8. What is the simple predicate in the following sentence?: Alex and his parents walked across the Brooklyn Bridge.

• Alex and his parents

• his parents

• walked across the Brooklyn Bridge

• walked

9. A group of words that is an incomplete sentence. It is missing a subject or a predicate.

• Sentence fragment

• Run-On Sentence

10. Is the following a sentence fragment or complete sentence?: Under the big tree.

• Complete Sentence

• Sentence Fragment