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DIAGRAM THIS SENTENCE Mom washed the dirty nasty clothes. Mom. washed. clothes. dirty. nasty. the. Writing Complete Sentences Page 268 A complete sentence • has a subject • has a verb • expresses a complete thought. Writing Complete Sentences
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DIAGRAM THIS SENTENCE Mom washed the dirty nasty clothes. Mom washed clothes dirty nasty the
Writing Complete Sentences Page 268 • A complete sentence • • has a subject • • has a verb • • expresses a complete thought
Writing Complete Sentences • Two common errors get in the way of writing complete sentences: • sentence fragments and run-on sentences. • Once you learn how to recognize fragments and run-ons in your writing, you can revise them to form clear, complete sentences.
Writing Complete Sentences • Sentence Fragments • A run-on sentence is actually two complete sentences punctuated like one sentence. In a run-on, two separate thoughts run into each other. The reader cannot tell where one idea ends and another one begins.
Writing Complete Sentences • Sentence Fragments Was the first African American man to win the Wimbledon tennis championship. • What is missing? • The subject is missing. • Arthur Ashe was the first African American man to win the Wimbledon tennis championship.
Writing Complete Sentences • Sentence Fragments Ashe the Wimbledon singles title in 1975. • What is missing? • The verb is missing. • Ashe won the Wimbledon singles title in 1975.
Writing Complete Sentences • Sentence Fragments While he was a student at the University of California. • What is missing? • The complete thought is missing. • Ashe also won several championships in college tennis while he was a student at the University of California.
Writing Complete Sentences • Sentence Fragments • As you can see form the first two examples, you can correct some sentence fragments by adding a subject or verb. • Other times a sentence fragment just needs to be attached to the sentence next to it. • The crowd cheered wildly. When Leon scored the winning touchdown. • The crowd cheered wildly when Leon scored the winning touchdown.
Writing Complete Sentences • Use this simple three-part test to find out which of the following word groups are sentence fragments and which are complete sentences. • 1. Does the group of words have a subject? • 2. Does it have a verb? • 3. Does it express a complete thought? • If the group of words is a complete sentence, write S. If it is a fragment, write F.
Writing Complete Sentences • 1. Does the group of words have a subject? • 2. Does it have a verb? • 3. Does it express a complete thought? • If the group of words is a complete sentence, write S. If it is a fragment, write F. • 1. Eleanor Roosevelt was First Lady of the United States from 1933 to 1945. • 2. Raised by her grandmother because both of her parents had died by the time she was ten. S F
Writing Complete Sentences • 1. Does the group of words have a subject? • 2. Does it have a verb? • 3. Does it express a complete thought? • 3. Wrote a popular newspaper column entitled “My Day.” • 4. As First Lady, worked for the rights of the poor and • underprivileged. • 5. Because she felt strongly about the struggles of children and minorities. F F F
S F Writing Complete Sentences • 6. Eleanor Roosevelt traveled all over the world. • 7. Press conferences at which she discussed important issues. • 8. Important role in forming the United Nations. • 9. Chairperson of the United Nations Commission on Human • Rights. • 10. After a long life of public service, died in 1962. • Do Exercise on page 269-270 F F
F F F Do Exercise on page 269-270 1. A flying squirrel a squirrel that can gracefully glide through the air. • 2. Some Asian flying squirrels three feet long. • 3. Skillfully leaps from one tree to another. • 4. The squirrel glides downward, then straight, and finally upward. • 5. Some flying squirrels more than fifty feet. • 6. If they use a higher starting point. • 7. Flying squirrels live in the forests of Asia, Europe, and North America. • 8. To eat berries, birds’ eggs, insects, and nuts. • 9. Nesting in the hollows of trees. • 10. Notice how this squirrel stretches out its legs to help it glide. S S F S F F S
Some of the following groups of words are sentence fragments. Revise each fragment by (1) adding a subject, (2) adding a verb, or (3) attaching the fragment to a complete sentence. You may need to change the punctuation and capitalization, too. If the word group is already a complete sentence, write S. • 1. Before the sun rose. • 1. We awoke before the sun rose. • 2. Felt tired because we did not get much sleep the night before. 2. Jimfelt tired because we did not get much sleep the night before.
3. A bear growling in the bushes outside the tent at 2:00 A.M. • 3. A bear growling in the bushes outside the tent at 2:00 A.M. scared Mike • 4. Because we had left food on the fire. • 4. Our dinner burned because we had left food on the fire. • 5. Came from the bushes and circled the campfire. • 5. A roar came from the bushes and circled the campfire.
5. Our eyes grew large as the bear stood up and revealed its teeth. • 6. When my friend let out a screeching yell. • 7. Put my hand over his mouth. • 8. Then growled at us menacingly. • 9. We stood still. • 10. Dropping to all fours, ran back into the forest. • Do Exercise 2 on page 270 for homework • Be ready for a quiz over sentence fragments
S QUIZ • Decide whether each group of words is a sentence or a sentence fragment. Write S if the group of words is a sentence or F if the group of words is a sentence fragment. • ______ 1. Water supports the gigantic body of the whale. • ______ 2. Unable to survive on land. • ______ 3. A beached whale’s lungs may be crushed. • ______ 4. Prevented by its tremendous weight. • ______ 5. Blue whales are the largest mammals. • ______ 6. The blue whale, which can weigh over 150 tons. • ______ 7. Although some whales have simple teeth. • ______ 8. Others have no teeth. • ______ 9. The sievelike whalebone in the roof of their mouths. • ______10. Straining krill from the water for food. F S F S F F S F F