Avoiding Sentence Fragments

1. Avoiding Sentence Fragments Getting Your Sentences Right!

2. Because my cat loves it. (so what ?) Since he came to New York. (what has been doing?) Unless you see me. (what will happen?) The boy with the round face. (what about him?) These have incomplete ideas and end too quickly. They are called sentence fragments.

3. Sentence fragment Sentence fragmentis a sentence that lacks a subject or a verb and/or is not a complete idea. A sentence fragment consists of one or all of the following: Dependent Clause Because I was quite happy. 2. Phrase The book on the table 3. Word Time

4. It is missing a main verb Example # 1: He in the garden. He plays in the garden.

5. Example # 2: After he finishes work. After he finishes work, he will meet his friend at the café. It is a dependent clause only

6. Example # 3: Walking in the park alone this morning Walking in the park alone this morning, I felt so refreshed and energized. It is a participle phrase only

7. Example # 4: Second, pollution. Second, pollution is harmful to both people and the environment. It is one word only, not an independent clause

8. Example # 5: To visit Cairo during summer To visit Cairo in summer can be very exhausting. This is infinitive phrase, not an independent clause

9. Some subordinating conjunctions

10. Correct the following sentence fragments: • Hundreds of people in the streets. • If your parents think you are not doing your study. • Mrs. Maha gone to visit her mother at the hospital. • When you drive in the city during the evening rush hour. • To apply for a job at the new store in the mall. • As soon as Frank found out how expensive the cleaning job would be. • Many of his customers coming back three or four times over the summer. • that he has very little time for anything else. • Because she didn't want to tell where she had bought the strange shirt.

11. My Hotel Job My mother’s cousin owned a hotel, and I worked there as a young woman. I enjoyed doing this work very much. Met many interesting people. One time a family came to stay in the hotel. They a daughter and she was my age. often met and talked about our lives. I invited her to my house to meet my family. We shared our customs with her. Later my mother told me something unforgettable. She said, “I know that you are going to live in America.” My mother a very smart woman, and she was right. I came to America to search for my friend. I still looking.

12. My Wonderful Discovery After I had gotten up. I ate my breakfast. While I was eating breakfast.  I heard a squeaking sound at my door.  It was a little kitten that was crying. It was really cute. That I picked her up and took her inside and gave her a big bowl of warm milk and a soft blanket. I took the day off so that I could take her to the vet. The vet told me she was fine. Because I had given her what he needed: milk and a warm blanket. She still needed a home.  I asked all my friends to take her. They all wanted the little kitten. However, they couldn't keep pets in their apartments. Now, she is my pet and friend.

13. My Wonderful Discovery After I had gotten up. I ate my breakfast. While I was eating breakfast.  I heard a squeaking sound at my door.  It was a little kitten that was crying. It was really cute. That I picked her up and took her inside and gave her a big bowl of warm milk and a soft blanket. I took the day off so that I could take her to the vet. The vet told me she was fine. Because I had given her what he needed: milk and a warm blanket. She still needed a home.  I asked all my friends to take her. They all wanted the little kitten. However, they couldn't keep pets in their apartments. Now, she is my pet and friend.