Fundamentals in Sentence Writing

The subject of a sentence is...

• what someone is doing in the sentence

• the main idea of the sentence

• who / what the sentence is about

• the end punctuation

The predicate of a sentence is...

• the first word

• the main idea

• who / what the sentence is about

• what action is being completed

What do you call a sentence that is missing a subject or predicate?

• fragment
• run on
• complete sentence
• exclamatory sentence

What do you have when two sentences are joined incorrectly?

• sentence
• run on
• fragment
• nothing

What is the following sentence?
All day.

• sentence
• fragment
• run on

What is the following sentence?
Working on the project.

• fragment
• run on
• sentence

Answer explanation

It is a FRAGMENT because it's missing its subject-- WHO is working on the project?

SHE is working on the project.

Leah is working on the project.

THEY are working on the project.

What is missing from the following sentence?
The football players.

• predicate
• subject
• noun
• adjective

Answer explanation

We're missing the predicate-- we need to know WHAT the football players are doing.

The football players ARE RUNNING.

The football players ARE TALKING.

What is missing from the following sentence?
Played the guitar.

• verb
• predicate
• subject
• adjective

Answer explanation

We are missing our SUBJECT-- WHO is playing the guitar?

MOLLY is playing the guitar.

THEY are playing the guitar.

What is the following sentence?
I run for a living I enjoy looking at the scenery.

• fragment
• sentence
• run on

What is the following sentence?
She loves reading books.

• fragment

• run on

• sentence