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Sentence Fragment Practice

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Sentence Fragment Practice

Nathan, Tui and Charlotte are writing about their class visit to a marae. Help them spot complete sentences and fix fragments. A complete sentence has a subject, a verb and a complete meaning. A fragment is missing something or leaves an idea unfinished.

Spot the complete thought

Read each group of words carefully. Look for who or what the words are about, what they do, and whether the idea feels finished.

1.Which group of words is a complete sentence?
  • Before the welcome began.
  • Tui listened carefully to the speaker.
  • Near the carved entrance.
2.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment? “Because Nathan left his shoes outside.”
  • Complete sentence
  • Fragment
3.True or false? “The visitors sat together in the meeting house.” is a complete sentence.
TrueFalse
4.Which words make this fragment unfinished? “When Charlotte heard the karanga.”

Repair the fragments

Add or rearrange words so each fragment becomes a complete sentence. More than one answer may be correct.

5.Fix this fragment by adding a subject and verb: “Beside the carved pou.”
6.Finish the idea to make a complete sentence: “Although the rain started,”
7.Join the fragment to the sentence so the whole idea is complete: “After the group shared kai.” “They thanked their hosts.”
8.Rewrite this fragment as a complete sentence: “Listening to the stories.”

Edit and create

Use your sentence detective skills to check and improve a short account of the visit.

9.This account contains one fragment: “We arrived in the morning. Near the entrance. Our guide welcomed us.” Copy the fragment and rewrite it as a complete sentence.
10.Write two connected sentences about the marae visit. Make the first sentence complete. Begin the second with “When…” and finish its idea.

2 printable pages

  • Sentence Fragment Practice, page 1 of 2: Spot the complete thought, Repair the fragments

    Page 1

  • Sentence Fragment Practice, page 2 of 2: Edit and create

    Page 2

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