Fun with Fragments

1. Fun with Fragments Exploring Sentences and Sentence Fragments

2. A sentence is a group of words that expresses a complete thought.A sentence contains a subject and a verb.Danattended the pep rally before the football game.

3. Sometimes part of the sentence may be missing. • Three little girls in the front row What’s missing? • Ran behind the blue couch What’s missing? • In the attic at the top of the stairs What’s missing?

4. When a group of words fails to tell us • Who or what did something (the subject), • What happened (the verb), • Or both (the subject and the verb), we have what is known as a sentence fragment.

5. A sentence fragment is only a PIECE of a sentence. • It does NOT express a complete thought.

6. Let’s correct these sentence fragments!

7. Sat behind me in science class What’s missing?

8. Yes, we need a subject. The new girlsat behind me in science class.

9. The bag of groceries on the kitchen table What’s missing?

10. Yes, we need a verb. The bag of groceries on the kitchen table goes to Grandmother's house.

11. After the rain stopped What’s missing?

12. Yes, we need a subject and a verb. After the rain stopped, the childrenran outside to play.

13. Remember, A sentence must tell you all you need to know to have a complete thought.

14. Watch out for sentence fragments!

15. The End