Year 8
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Key learning points
- 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
a verb
Q2.
The subject of a sentence is...
always a person.
always has a capital letter.
is at the start.
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
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
Q5.
Which of the statements is true about the following phrase? "Despite knowing he was sick."
This is a complete sentence.
Q6.
Which of the statements is true about the following phrase? "Every morning, John and Cara argued."
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.
Q8.
The phrase "Although it was funny." is a fragment. Which of the options below make it a correct sentence?
Although it was funny, James.
He jumped really high although it was funny.
It did although it was funny.