SENTENCE FRAGMENTS (Rules to Correct and Revise)

How to analyze and identify sentence fragments including the Rules in correcticting sentence fragments

1. Dear Lord and Father of all, Thank you for today. Thank you for ways in which you provide for us all. For Your protection and love we thank you. Help us to focus our hearts and minds now on what we are about to learn.

2. Inspire us by Your Holy Spirit as we listen and write. Guide us by your eternal light as we discover more about the world around us. We ask all this in the name of Jesus. Amen.

3. Look at the following two groups of words: Let’s analyze!

4. Look at the following two groups of words: He practiced everyday. Determined to win. H e practiced everyday. D etermined to win. They both begin with a capital letter. They both end with a period. He practiced everyday . Determined to win . The second does not express a complete thought. It is a sentence fragment. BUT DO THEY BOTH EXPRESS A COMPLETE THOUGHT? He practiced everyday. Determined to win. FRAGMENT Let’s analyze!

5. Sentence Fragments ENGLISH 7 Hello!

6. 03 01 02 04 Learning Objectives: identify the types of fragments define the steps in identifying fragments demonstrate thoroughness in identifying sentence errors, and; analyze sentences and identify the fragments At the end of the lesson, the students are expected to:

7. Let us recall what is a Complete Sentence

8. Complete Sentence A complete sentence is a group of words that contains a subject and a verb.

9. Complete Sentence A complete sentence expresses a complete thought.

10. Complete Sentence It starts with a capital letter and ends with punctuation marks.

11. What is a Sentence Fragment?

12. Sentence Fragment A sentence fragment does not have all the basic parts of a complete sentence.

13. Sentence Fragment Fragments do not express a complete thought and are missing important information.

14. No Subject Is a large, hairy spider. No Verb Some tarantulas to a length of 3 1/2 inches. Not a Complete Thought Although tarantulas are often feared. What is missing?

15. Types of Sentence Fragments

16. Compare the following group of words What makes them fragments? Phrase While dancing Clause While she is dancing No Subject Incomplete thought

17. PHRASE A phrase is a group of words that does not have a subject or a verb. By itself, a phrase is a fragment.

18. CLAUSE A clause is a group of words containing a subject and verb. Note: Not all clauses are Fragments

19. CLAUSE While she is dancing, the audience cannot tear its eyes off her. How many groups of words do we have?

20. CLAUSE While she is dancing, the audience cannot tear its eyes off her. Incomplete Complete Dependent Clause Independent Clause

21. CLAUSE While she is dancing, the audience cannot tear its eyes off her. FRAGMENT COMPLETE SENTENCE

22. SENTENCE FRAGMENTS While she is dancing, While dancing DEPENDENT CLAUSE PHRASE

23. How do we identify Sentence Fragment?

24. To identify sentence fragments, use a simple test: Does it express a complete thought? Does it have a verb? Does the group of words have a subject? NO NO NO If the answer to any of these questions is no, you have a fragment.

25. Let us try!

26. The days are getting shorter now. Does it express a complete thought? Does it have a verb? Does the group of words have a subject? YES YES YES YOU HAVE A SENTENCE

27. Because you have done so well. Does it express a complete thought? Does it have a verb? Does the group of words have a subject? YES YES NO YOU HAVE A FRAGMENT

28. Grew up in Alabama Does it express a complete thought? Does it have a verb? Does the group of words have a subject? NO SUBJECT What is missing?

29. When he moved to New York City Does it express a complete thought? Does it have a verb? Does the group of words have a subject? NO COMPLETE THOUGHT What is missing?

30. A strange rock formation. Does it express a complete thought? Does it have a verb? Does the group of words have a subject? NO VERB What is missing?

31. Very nice!

32. Very nice! Do you have any questions?

33. ACTIVITY: Analyze the following sentence using the sentence fragment test then write F if it is a fragment then write S if it is a complete sentence . It’s activity time!

34. Example: GROUP OF WORDS SUBJECT VERB THOUGHT ANSWER While James sat on the couch ✔ ✔ X F The loud explosion scared me ✔ ✔ ✔ S Had the right answer X ✔ X F Spring is here ✔ ✔ ✔ S Coming late tonight X ✔ X F Fear vampire bats X ✔ X F

35. Great job!

36. Lord, your word is a lamp to our feet and a light to our path. Thank you that we can live in Your light and walk in Your truth.

37. May the things that you have revealed and thoughts that we have shared dwell in our hearts and stir us to action. We ask all this in the precious name of Jesus. Amen.