Writing complete sentences and correcting sentence fragments
I can identify complete sentences and correct sentence fragments.
Writing complete sentences and correcting sentence fragments
I can identify complete sentences and correct sentence fragments.
These resources will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- A complete sentence has a subject, a verb and expresses a complete idea.
- A sentence fragment is an incomplete sentence, lacking a subject, verb – or both.
- To correct sentence fragments, identify whether the subject or verb is missing and add it to the sentence.
- A complete sentence starts with a capital letter and ends with a full stop.
- A subordinate clause is a group of words that is not a complete sentence but adds extra information.
Keywords
Subject - In grammar, this is the person, place, or thing that is performing the action of the sentence.
Verb - a being, a doing or a having word
Fragment - a small part broken off or separated from something
Subordinate - means being lower in rank or position
Complete - when something has all the necessary or appropriate parts
Common misconception
That the subject of a sentence is always the person in the sentence.
A subject is the person, place, or thing that is performing the action of the sentence.
Licence
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