Sentence, Clause, and Fragment

Late for the plane to Chicago.

• complete sentence

• sentence fragment

It left without me!

• sentence fragment

• complete sentence

Food at the airport is expensive.

• sentence fragment

• complete sentence

We went to the prom together

• complete sentence

• sentence fragment

The rented limousine with the sunroof and the windows heavily tinted.

• sentence fragment

• complete sentence

For example, when Odysseus strings the bow at the end of the epic.

• complete sentence

• fragment

Which word group is a SENTENCE FRAGMENT?

• Using the new computer animation software.

• Gina created her own short film.

• Methods for making animated movies have changed over the years.

Which word group is a SENTENCE FRAGMENT?

• Ellen Ochoa has flown into space four different times.

• Her first flight was a nine-day mission aboard the space shuttle Discovery.

• An inventor and engineer as well as an astronaut.

Which word group is a SENTENCE FRAGMENT?

• Field biologists often conduct research in faraway locations.

• For months at a time.

• Researchers in India are studying the social structures of macaque monkeys.

Before you turn in your test

• independent clause
• dependent clause
• both a dependent and an independent clause