Transcript Sentence Fragments

FUN WITH
FRAGMENTS
Exploring
Sentences and Sentence Fragments
A SENTENCE CONTAINS
A SUBJECT AND A VERB.
DAN ATTENDED THE PEP RALLY BEFORE
THE FOOTBALL GAME.
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?
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.
• A sentence
fragment is only a
PIECE of a sentence.
• It does NOT express
a complete thought.
Let’s correct these
sentence fragments!
Sat behind me in science class
What’s missing?
YES, WE NEED A SUBJECT.
The new girl sat behind me in
science class.
The bag of groceries on the
kitchen table
What’s missing?
YES, WE NEED A VERB.
The bag of groceries on the
kitchen table goes to
Grandmother's house.
After the rain stopped
What’s missing?
YES, WE NEED A SUBJECT AND
A VERB.
After the rain stopped, the
children ran outside to
play.
Remember,
A sentence must tell you all you
need to know to have a
complete thought.
Watch out for
sentence
fragments!
SENTENCE OR
FRAGMENT?
The book Johnny Tremain is
historical fiction.
The book Johnny Tremain is
historical fiction.
We have a subject and predicate, so this is a
sentence.
A Newbery Medal winner.
A Newbery Medal winner.
This is only a subject. There is no
predicate.
This is a fragment.
Esther Forbes’s nonfiction book
on Paul Revere won a Pulitzer
Prize.
Esther Forbes’s nonfiction book
on Paul Revere won a Pulitzer
Prize.
We have a subject and predicate, so this is
a sentence.
The silversmith Paul Revere.
The silversmith Paul Revere.
What about him?
This is only a subject, so it is a fragment.
Offered Johnny a job.
Offered Johnny a job.
Who offered Johnny a job?
There is only a predicate, so this is a
fragment.
Johnny liked his work.
Johnny liked his work.
We have both a subject and a predicate, so
this is a sentence.
Made things of silver.
Made things of silver.
Who made things of silver?
This is only a predicate, so this is a
fragment.
Johnny burned his hand.
Johnny burned his hand.
We have both a subject and a predicate, so
this is a sentence.
A terrible accident.
A terrible accident.
What about the terrible accident?
This is only a subject, so this is a fragment.
An operation made his hand
well again.
An operation made his hand
well again.
We have both a subject and a predicate, so
this is a sentence.
THE END