PPT-Complete Sentences and Sentence Fragments

Since he came to New York Because my dog loves it Unless you see me Is there anything wrong with these sentences All of these sentences end too quickly After reading these sentences the reader asks questions because heshe needs more information. What Is a Complete Sentence?. Complete sentences have at least a subject and a verb. The subject is the actor of the sentence and the verb is what the subject does.. Example: My cat eats.. “My cat” is the subject. The verb is “eats.”. Wely. Lecture . 3: Re-training Your Grammar Ear. WELCOME . AGAIN . TO SAT 301 !. An organized approach to scoring higher and gaining acceptance to your top-choice . . colleges.. The 6-Tiered Approach to achieving success on the SAT:. What is a fragment?. Sentence fragments occur when phrases are punctuated as . sentences even . though they are not actually sentences. .. They may be missing a subject, a predicate, or are not a complete thought. (In other words…they might be dependent clauses, or phrases that are punctuated as sentences.). Mrs. Stephanie . Woit. Short Simple Sentences. A simple sentence, strictly defined has a subject and a verb: it consists of one independent clause. A simple sentence may have a compound subject, a compound verb, a modifier, and an object or a complement, but it still is one independent clause.. By: Ashlyn Lear . What is a fragment?. A word group that pretends to be a sentence. . Are easy to recognize . A sentence that does not have a subject. . Examples of Fragments. When the cat leaped onto the table.. What is a fragment?. Sentence fragments occur when phrases are punctuated as . sentences even . though they are not actually sentences. .. They may be missing a subject, a predicate, or are not a complete thought. (In other words…they might be dependent clauses, or phrases that are punctuated as sentences.). What is a complete sentence?. A . SENTENCE. is made up of one or more words that express a . complete thought. . A sentence begins with a capital letter and ends with punctuation.. Good writers write with . 1.) Sentence Fragments. 2.) Run on sentences. Sentence Fragments. Have you ever seen the term “. frag. ”. . or “. fragmen. t” written on an essay you received back from a teacher?. Did you understand what the grammar problem was with that sentence or how to fix it?. Fragment—no subject. Felt happy and relaxed.. Sentence:. I felt happy and relaxed.. Fragment—no predicate (verb). The sign in the rehearsal hall.. Sentence:. The sign in the rehearsal hall indicated the audition results.. You are missing the subject or verb or both. A. . Maria wasn't watching her plate of barbecue very carefully.. B.. So Santana, the family beagle, . snatched a chicken leg hanging over the edge.. C.. As baked beans and potato salad slid onto . Sentence Fragments. Sentence fragments are groups of words that don't express a complete thought. They are only part of a sentence.. They are fine to use in conversation, but they are a no-no when it comes to any kind of formal or academic writing. . Sentence Fragments. Sentence fragments often are missing either the subject or the predicate (verb). A subject names someone or something. A predicate makes assertions about the subject. A fragment may also fail to complete a thought.. 301.1.6. 401.1.6. 501.1.5. What Do You Notice?. Nick Allen had plenty of ideas, and he knew what to do with them.. . Andrew Clements, . Frindle. Nick Allen had plenty of ideas. , . and. . he knew what to do with them. Ons. An Overview. Fragments. . Fragments are incomplete sentences. They are missing a verb or a subject or both.. First, the lack of exercise.  . Furthermore, the huge development of the country, easy life and transportation.    .