Complete & Incomplete Sentences
For a sentence to be complete it must make sense. It must have a subject (the who or what) and a predicate (what the subject does or is).
Read each sentence and decide if it is complete or incomplete.
The girls ate lunch outside. Complete
The red ball. Incomplete
Went shopping at Wal-Mart. Incomplete
Charlotte’s Web is one of my favorite books. Complete
I love writing poetry! Complete
Sam and Joe love to play football every day after school. Complete
Sally and Jane. Incomplete
Mrs. Smith is our principal. Complete
4-H Camp was awesome! Complete
Will start snowing soon. Incomplete
Have a lot of homework to do tonight. Incomplete
I didn’t do very well on my last spelling test. Complete
My mom, dad, and I went out to eat at Wendy’s. Complete
In the car. Incomplete
The boy ran. Complete
At church. Incomplete
I can’t wait until Christmas! Complete
Exit Slip: Number a post-it from 1-5. Write a “C” if the sentence is complete. Write a “IC” if it is a incomplete sentence (frament) 1. Uncle Toy invited us to the baseball game. 1. Uncle Toy invited us to the baseball game. 2. His truck. 2. His truck. 3. We finally found our seats. 3. We finally found our seats. 4. Won the game. 4. Won the game. 5 My sister and I. 5 My sister and I.
Thursday: Fragments into Complete Sentences Is this a complete sentence? Or fragment? Is this a complete sentence? Or fragment? Lost at the mall. Lost at the mall. How can we make this into a complete sentence? How can we make this into a complete sentence? The sentence needs a subject it already has a predicate (what is happening or doing) The sentence needs a subject it already has a predicate (what is happening or doing) My brother was lost at the mall. My brother was lost at the mall.
Let’s Practice My favorite gift My favorite gift __________________________________ __________________________________ For my sister For my sister __________________________________ __________________________________ An electric robot An electric robot __________________________________ __________________________________
Using an index card, identify whether the following sentences need to be changed. If they do, change these to a complete sentence. The noisy crowd. The noisy crowd. I am going to the grocery story to get some bananas. I am going to the grocery story to get some bananas. Three copies of the same book. Three copies of the same book. An exciting adventure. An exciting adventure. My mother went to the doctor today to get some medicine. My mother went to the doctor today to get some medicine.