English 3 : Fragments / Phrases and Sentences

Description:
In this lesson for English 3, students will learn about fragments, phrases, and sentences. The focus will be on helping students identify and understand the differences between these elements of a sentence structure. A fragment is an incomplete thought, often lacking a subject or a verb. A phrase is a group of words that work together, but it doesn't have a subject and verb combination that forms a complete thought. On the other hand, a sentence is a complete idea that has both a subject and a predicate, and it expresses a full thought. This lesson will also help students improve their ability to write clear and complete sentences.

Objectives:
Understand the difference between fragments, phrases, and sentences.
Identify fragments and phrases in written texts.
Construct complete sentences.
Practice fixing fragments by adding the missing parts.
Activity:
At the end of the lesson, students will participate in an interactive activity where they will be given examples of fragments, phrases, and sentences and asked to categorize them correctly. This hands-on activity will ensure that students can easily identify and correct fragments in their writing.

1. Fragments / Phrases and
Sentences
Start!

2. How are fragments
and sentences
different from one
another?
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3. Nowadays,
modern
electronic
gadgets are
important things
in everyday living.
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4. We usually see our parents and
friends using computers,
laptops, cellular phones,
cameras, and others. Even kids
would always dream of having
them as their possessions.
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In malls and schools, these
hand-held gadgets are
already common things
being used by almost
everyone.

6. Let's look at the
pictures. What are in
the pictures? How do
they help us?
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8. HEART ON FIRE
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1. Are the modern gadgets useful
or harmful to human beings?
2. How they can become harmful?
3. What should a person do so
that modern gadgets would be
useful and not at all harmful?

9. GRAMMAR FLAMES
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Let's read the
following groups of
words.

10. Set A
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1. Flock of birds up in
the blue skies

11. Set A
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FRAGMENTS
Or
PHRASES

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Do the groups of words above
express a complete idea or thought?
They are called fragments or phrases.
They do not express a complete
thought.

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A Fragment or Phrase is a group
of words that looks like a
sentence, but actually isn’t a
complete sentence.

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Fragments are usually missing a
subject or verb, or they do not
express a complete thought.
A fragment cannot stand on its
own.

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Other words are lacking to
make a complete sense. More
related words are needed to
complete the group of words.
They are written in small
letters.

16. Here are the
distinguishing
features of a
fragment:
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1.It is missing a subject
Example:
Ran to the store faster
than a rabbit.
(Who ran?)

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2. It is missing a verb or has
the wrong verb form
Example:
My favorite history teacher.
(What did the teacher do or
say?)

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3. It is a leftover phrase
Example:
For better or worse.
(What is better or worse?
What is it modifying?)

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Examples:
1.When I ran to my
mother.
2.After I brush my teeth.

21. Set B
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1. People use different gadgets in
communicating with others.
2. Computers help students in their
studies.
3. Modern things make our life easy.
4. Always update your anti-virus
software.

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How about these groups
of words? Do they
express a complete
thought?

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These groups of words are called
sentences. They express a complete
thought or idea. They have all the
words to give a complete idea. They
can answer what or who is being
talked about and what person or
thing does.

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Sentences always begin with a
capital letter and end with a
full stop (period) or a question
mark or an exclamation mark
(exclamation point).

25. ACTIVITY
TIME
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Identify if the group of
words is a fragment or a
sentence. Then put the
correct punctuation mark
to end each sentence.

27. 1. All pupils play

2. Children enjoy the TV
commercials

3. Not everyone
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28. 4. I want to reach the
sky above
5. Some colorful
balloons
6. Up and down, left and
right
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29. 7. The boy was so
ambitious that he won
in the academy

8.To learn many things.
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30. 9. The trip to the
zoo was so exciting

10. He is playing
lego all day.
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31. 11. My one and only
doll.
12. My bike is dirty.
13. We ate burgers.
14. Running in the
park.
15. Before I go to
school
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32. ACTIVITY
TIME 2
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Add words to the following
groups of words to make
them sentences.

34. 1. I love the
Philippines because
_________

2. Before we have
our recess________
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35. 3. During
Christmas________

4. When summer
comes __________
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36. 5. __________helps me a
lot during examination
days.
6._______enjoys
playing with
computers than going
out to the mall.
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37. 7. Books and
magazines
__________.

8. Eating too much
sweets ___________
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38. 9. Dictionary and
encyclopedia_______
10. The world's
greatest
gift_________.

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39. ACTIVITY
TIME 3
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Identify if the group of
words is a fragment or a
sentence. Then put the
correct punctuation mark
to end each sentence.

41. 1. The boys played basketball.

2. The children sang in the
church.

3. If everything is just simple.
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42. 4. Asking my father for
money.

5. Cooked my favorite dish.

6. The barking dog.
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43. 7. All the beautiful things in
life.

8. Hurry! The enemies are
coming.

9. Going to the arcade with my
mom.
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44. 10. Me and my funny friends
in the mall.

11. We played.

12. Which is darker, black or
brown?
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45. 13. Dancing with my sister
in the room
14. Travelling to Baguio
with my family
15. When I opened the gifts
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