Understanding Sentence Fragments and Complete Sentences

What is a complete sentence?

• A group of words that expresses an incomplete thought.

• A group of words that contains a subject and a verb and expresses a complete thought.

• A sentence that cannot stand on its own.

• A sentence that always includes the word 'you'.

Which of the following is an example of an imperative sentence?

• The cat is sleeping on the mat.

• They are playing soccer.

• Please close the door.

• She was reading a book.

What is missing in the sentence fragment: 'Stomped around the house'?

• An object

• A conjunction

• A subject

• A verb

How can the fragment 'The children sitting downstairs' be corrected?

• The children were downstairs.

• The children downstairs.

• The children sit downstairs.

• The children are sitting downstairs.

Which of the following is a dependent clause?

• She is tired.

• She is too tired.

• Because she is too tired.

• She was tired.

What is required to make a dependent clause a complete sentence?

• Adding a conjunction

• Adding a verb

• Adding an independent clause

• Adding a subject

Identify the sentence fragment: 'While I was living in Italy for a few months'.

• It is missing a verb.

• It is a dependent clause.

• It is missing a subject.

• It is a complete sentence.

How can the fragment 'Been a really difficult year for us' be corrected?

• It has been a really difficult year for us.

• Been really difficult for us.

• Been a difficult year for us.

• It is a difficult year for us.

What is the correct form of the fragment 'Having a hard time opening the jar'?

• Opening the jar is hard.

• Hard time opening the jar.

• Having a hard time opening the jar.

• I am having a hard time opening the jar.

Which of the following is a correct imperative sentence?

• You stop making that noise.

• Stop making that noise.

• Stop you making that noise.

• Making that noise stop.