Complete Sentences and Fragments

Complete Sentences and Fragments

Grade 5th Grade Ā· ELA Ā· 45 min

What's Included

Learning Objective

I can distinguish between complete sentences and sentence fragments.

Warm-Up Video

Get Grammarous with Kerry Sensei Ā· 5:46

Sentence or Fragment? | Identifying Sentences and Sentence Fragments

Guided Notes

3 key concepts

  • 1

    A complete sentence is a group of words that contains a subject and a verb and expresses a complete thought.

  • 2

    A sentence fragment is a group of words that is missing a subject, a verb, or both, and does not express a complete thought.

  • 3

    A complete sentence begins with a capital letter and ends with a period, question mark, or exclamation point.

Practice Questions

10 questions Ā· Multiple choice & Short answer

Exit Ticket

Quick comprehension check

ā€œWrite S if it is a sentence and SF if it is a sentence fragment: 1. After the long and tiring game. 2. The dog barked loudly at the mailman. 3. Running quickly down the street. 4. Read a book. 5. Because it was raining.ā€

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