Complete Sentences

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Objective

I can construct complete sentences with correctly placed subjects and predicates.

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Warm-up video

Kevin Spaans · 6:41

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Key concepts

3 concepts

  1. 1

    A complete sentence must have both a subject and a predicate, and it must also express a complete thought.

  2. 2

    A fragment is a piece of a sentence that is missing a subject, a predicate, or does not express a complete thought.

  3. 3

    A run-on sentence occurs when multiple complete thoughts are joined without proper punctuation, such as a period or conjunction.

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Practice

4 questions

1

Which of the following is NOT a requirement for a complete sentence?

2

Rewrite the following fragment as a complete sentence: 'Because it was raining.'

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Exit ticket

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Rewrite the following as complete sentences by adding subjects or predicates as needed. 1. Ran quickly. 2. The old, wooden chair.

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