1. Grammar
Sentences and Fragments

2. Complete Sentences
• A group of words that expresses a
complete thought.
– Subject
– Predicate

3. Sentence Fragment
• Part of a sentence that is written as if
it were a complete sentence.
• Missing a subject, a predicate, or
both

4. Examples of Fragments
• Folk singers in the 1960s.
– Missing predicate
• Folk singers in the 1960s recorded
many classic songs
– sentence

5. Examples of Fragments
• If you remember the words.
– Fragment
• If you remember the words, you
should sing along.
– sentence

6. Examples of Fragments
• Colonists in Indian costume. (missing a
predicate)
• Dumped chests of tea into the harbor.
(missing a subject)
• On December 16, 1773. (missing both)
• Colonists in Indian costume dumped
chests of tea into Boston Harbor on
December 16, 1773.

7. TRY IT!
Use CS or F to identify the word
group as a complete sentence, a
fragment, or a run-on sentence.
1. British soldiers marched toward
Concord, Massachusetts.

8. TRY IT!
Use CS or F to identify the word group as
a complete sentence, a fragment, or a
run-on sentence.
• The Minutemen from nearby
towns.

9. TRY IT!
Use CS or F to identify the word group as
a complete sentence, a fragment, or a
run-on sentence.
• Waited for the British in Lexington.

10. TRY IT!
Use CS or F to identify the word group as
a complete sentence, a fragment, or a
run-on sentence.
• Clashes in Lexington and Concord
started the American Revolution.

11. TRY IT!
Use CS or F to identify the word group as
a complete sentence, a fragment, or a
run-on sentence.
• Poorly trained and without
uniforms.

12. TRY IT!
Use CS or F to identify the word group as
a complete sentence, a fragment, or a
run-on sentence.
• A young officer, Nathan Hale.

13. TRY IT!
Use CS or F to identify the word group as
a complete sentence, a fragment, or a
run-on sentence.
• Hale was hanged by the British as
a spy he became a hero to the
Americans.

14. TRY IT!
Use CS or F to identify the word group as
a complete sentence, a fragment, or a
run-on sentence.
• France joined the war as an ally of
the Americans.

15. Types of Sentences:
Declarative
• Expresses a statement
• Ends with a period
•i.e. A successful inventor must use
both knowledge and creativity

16. Types of Sentences:
Interrogative
• Asks a question
• Ends with a question mark
Who invented the telephone?

17. Types of Sentences:
Imperative
• Tells or asks someone to do
something
• Usually ends with a period but may
end with an exclamation point
•Name the inventor of the telegraph.

18. Types of Sentences:
Exclamatory
• Shows strong feeling
• It always ends with an exclamation
point
• I’m so glad I invented the computer!