Recognizing Types of Sentence Fragments

Assaulted with green peas catapulted across the table from her brother’s spoon.

• Participle phrase fragment

• Lonely verb fragment

• Appositive fragment

Because he refused to touch the serving of lima beans on his plate.

• Main clause

• Subordinate clause fragment

• Lonely verb fragment

The man whom Brenda refuses to marry even if someone paid her a million dollars.

• Lonely verb fragment

• Subordinate clause fragment

• Appositive fragment

But saw too late that the cream had expired three weeks ago.

• Participle phrase fragment

• Lonely verb fragment

• Subordinate clause fragment

Including the frying pan with encrusted egg and the greasy silverware full of fingerprints.

• Afterthought fragment

• Participle phrase fragment

• Subordinate clause fragment

To enjoy the warm sunshine that he could see spilling through the blinds.

• Participle phrase fragment

• Main clause

• Infinitive phrase fragment

Kissing the wet frog in hopes of getting a cool prize.

• Afterthought fragment

• Participle phrase fragment

• Lonely verb fragment

Such as stacks of tottering books, crumpled paper, empty soda cans, and greasy pizza boxes.

• Lonely verb fragment

• Subordinate clause fragment

• Afterthought fragment

Because Loraine had to clean up the kitchen mess left by her roommate Bob.

• Subordinate clause fragment

• Main clause

• Lonely verb fragment

And grabbed the last glazed doughnut while Frederick was pouring her a cup of coffee.

• Main clause

• Lonely verb fragment

• Appositive fragment