Name:________________________
Date:_________________
Sentence or Fragment
Remember, a fragment is not a complete sentence. It does not have both a subject and a
verb. For a sentence to be complete, it must have both a subject and a verb, and express a
complete thought.
Example: After the game. This is a fragment because it doesn’t have a subject and a
verb or express a complete thought.
Decide if each group of words is a fragment or a complete sentence. Write your
answer on the line provided.
1. Because we left early. ____________________
2. I left the bag. ____________________
3. Brown chair in the corner of the room. ____________________
4. Left crackers on the table. ____________________
5. Lisa smiled. ____________________
6. White door at the end of the hallway. ____________________
7. The pearl was lost on the floor. ____________________
8. Cooking dinner for her family. ____________________
9. To see my grandmother in Atlanta. ____________________
10.
Before the sun rises in the morning. ____________________
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Name:________________________
Date:_________________
Answers Sentence or Fragment
Remember, a fragment is not a complete sentence. It does not have both a subject and a
verb. For a sentence to be complete, it must have both a subject and a verb, and express a
complete thought.
Example: After the game. This is a fragment because it doesn’t have a subject and a
verb or express a complete thought.
Decide if each group of words is a fragment or a complete sentence. Write your
answer on the line provided.
1. Because we left early. _____fragment_______________
2. I left the bag. ___sentence_________________
3. Brown chair in the corner of the room. ______fragment______________
4. Left crackers on the table. ___fragment_________________
5. Lisa smiled. _______sentence_____________
6. White door at the end of the hallway. ____fragment________________
7. The pearl was lost on the floor. ______sentence______________
8. Cooking dinner for her family. _____fragment_______________
9. To see my grandmother in Atlanta. _____fragment_______________
10.
Before the sun rises in the morning. _____fragment_______________
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