Complete Sentences or Fragments?

Sort eight examples into complete sentences and unfinished thoughts, then rewrite the fragments with the missing information.
Year levels
Years 2–4
Pages
1
File type
PDF

Updated Jul 25, 2021

Subject
Grammar, English
Resource types
Worksheets

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This worksheet will help your students learn how to turn their incomplete thoughts into complete sentences. This is a great skill for students to have, as it will help them communicate more effectively.

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Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Distinguish a complete sentence from a fragment
  • Identify what information a fragment lacks
  • Revise an incomplete thought into a full sentence

Teaching tips

  • Have learners locate the subject and predicate before classifying each item.
  • Compare two different valid rewrites of one fragment to show that completion is not limited to one wording.

Skills covered

  • Sentence completeness — independent thoughts are separated from fragments.
  • Revision — missing information is added to incomplete language.

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Core concepts

Core concepts

  • Complete sentences
  • Fragments
  • Sentence revision

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