1. Complete & Incomplete Sentences

2. 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).

3. Read each sentence and decide if it is complete or incomplete.

4. The girls ate lunch outside. Complete

5. The red ball. Incomplete

6. Went shopping at Wal-Mart. Incomplete

7. Charlotte’s Web is one of my favorite books. Complete

8. I love writing poetry! Complete

9. Sam and Joe love to play football every day after school. Complete

10. Sally and Jane. Incomplete

11. Mrs. Smith is our principal. Complete

12. 4-H Camp was awesome! Complete

13. Will start snowing soon. Incomplete

14. Have a lot of homework to do tonight. Incomplete

15. I didn’t do very well on my last spelling test. Complete

16. My mom, dad, and I went out to eat at Wendy’s. Complete

17. In the car. Incomplete

18. The boy ran. Complete

19. At church. Incomplete

20. I can’t wait until Christmas! Complete

21. 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.

22. 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.

23. Let’s Practice My favorite gift My favorite gift __________________________________ __________________________________ For my sister For my sister __________________________________ __________________________________ An electric robot An electric robot __________________________________ __________________________________

24. 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.