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Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will recall our knowledge of what makes a sentence and how missing out key elements of a sentence can cause it to become a fragment.

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8 Questions

Q1.
A sentence must contain...
a capital letter and an adjective
a subject and a capital letter
Correct answer: a subject and a verb
a verb
Q2.
The subject of a sentence is...
always a person.
always has a capital letter.
is at the start.
Correct answer: is who or what is doing the main action.
Q3.
What is the subject of this sentence: "Even though he had lots of friends, Jacob wished he had a best friend."
best friend
friends
he
Correct answer: Jacob
Q4.
Which of these does NOT cause a sentence to be called a fragment if the sentence does not include it.
a complete idea
a subject
a verb
Correct answer: an adjective
Q5.
Which of the statements is true about the following phrase? "Despite knowing he was sick."
This is a complete sentence.
Correct answer: This is a fragment.
Q6.
Which of the statements is true about the following phrase? "Every morning, John and Cara argued."
Correct answer: This is a complete sentence.
This is a fragment.
Q7.
Which of the statements is true about the following phrase? "The play at nine o'clock."
This is a complete sentence.
Correct answer: This is a fragment.
Q8.
The phrase "Although it was funny." is a fragment. Which of the options below make it a correct sentence?
Correct answer: Although it was funny, it was not right to laugh at James falling over.
Although it was funny, James.
He jumped really high although it was funny.
It did although it was funny.

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UnitEnglish / Avoiding fragments, fused sentences and comma splices. Using capital letters and writing in the past tense. Using multiple subordinate clauses, punctuating lists correctly when in a complex sentence.

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