Complete Sentences A Project LA Activity Complete Sentences Fragments

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Complete Sentences A Project LA Activity Complete Sentences Fragments Run-On Sentences Compound Sentences

Complete Sentences Bobby smiled until he thought his face would crack. A complete sentence has a subject and a predicate that work together to make a complete thought. Bobby smiled until he thought his face would crack.

Sentence Fragments A SENTENCE FRAGMENT fails to be a sentence in the sense that it cannot stand by itself.

Last Saturday after the ballgame at the ice cream shop. Sentence Fragments may locate something in time and place, but lack a subject-verb relationship. Last Saturday after the ballgame at the ice cream shop.

Sentence Fragments may describe something, but have no subject-verb relationship. Shooting just before the buzzer rang and hoping to score the winning point.

Some of the girls going together to the mall. Sentence Fragments may have most of the makings of a sentence but still be missing an important part of a verb string. Some of the girls going together to the mall.

Sentence Fragments may have a subject-verb relationship, but cannot stand by itself. Even though she was the prettiest girl and had a great talent presentation.