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Complete and Incomplete Sentences

Complete and Incomplete Sentences. A complete sentence is a group of words that tells a complete idea. A complete sentence answers these questions: Who/What? and What is it doing?. Example of a Complete Sentence :. The dog ate his bone. Who?. The dog. What did he do?. Ate his bone.

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Complete and Incomplete Sentences

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  1. Complete and Incomplete Sentences

  2. A complete sentence is a group of words that tells a complete idea. A complete sentence answers these questions: Who/What? and What is it doing?

  3. Example of aComplete Sentence: The dog ate his bone. Who? The dog What did he do? Ate his bone We can answer our two questions Who? and What did he do? So this is a complete sentence!

  4. Example of anIncomplete Sentence: The big hairy spider. The big hairy spider Who/What? We don’t know! This is not a complete sentence! What did it do? TIP: Just because a group of words begins with a capital and ends with a period doesn’t mean it is a complete sentence!

  5. A complete sentence answers these questions:Who/What? and What is it doing? Who/What? = Subject What is it doing? = Predicate

  6. Who/What? = Subject Noun or Pronoun What is it doing? = Predicate Verb Example: My mom made pizza for dinner.

  7. Who/What? = Subject Noun or Pronoun What is it doing? = Predicate Verb Example: The kids were bored from the power outage.

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  9. Complete or Incomplete?That is the question! The bird flew back to the nest. The bird Who/What? What did it do? Flew back to the nest sentence! This is a COMPLETE

  10. Complete or Incomplete?That is the question! Is flapping in the wind. Who/What? We don’t know! This is not a complete sentence! What is it doing? Flapping in the wind TIP: Just because a group of words begins with a capital and ends with a period doesn’t mean it is a complete sentence!

  11. Complete or Incomplete?That is the question! The kitten played with the yarn. The kitten Who/What? What did it do? Played with the yarn sentence! This is a COMPLETE

  12. Complete or Incomplete?That is the question! The basket of food The basket of food Who/What? What is it doing? We don’t know! This is not a complete sentence! TIP: Just because a group of words begins with a capital and ends with a period doesn’t mean it is a complete sentence!

  13. Subject and PredicateFind them! The boy hurried to school. Who/What? (Noun) The boy hurried to school. What did he do? (Verb) sentence! This is a COMPLETE

  14. Subject and PredicateFind them! The waves at the beach were huge! Who/What? (Noun) The waves at the beach What did they do? (Verb) were huge. TIP: Sometimes the verb is a BEING verb! Those count too!

  15. What is a complete sentence? A complete sentence is a group of words that tells a complete idea. The subject tells who or what. The predicate tells what it is doing. The End

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