Writing complete sentences and correcting sentence fragments
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can identify complete sentences and correct sentence fragments.
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.
Teacher tip
You could vary the examples to peer assess their sentences in order to see how well they can identify sentence fragments or subordinate clauses in other people's work.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.The person, place or thing performing the action of a sentence is .
Q2.A sentence should begin with a .
Q3.At the end of a sentence you should have .
Q4.The main clause in a sentence expresses .
Q5.A verb is a .
Q6.Which of the following is the correct use of an apostrophe for possession?
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.A complete sentence has .
Q2.Which of the following is a complete sentence?
Q3.A fragment is .
Q4.To fix a sentence fragment you should .
Q5.Subordinate means .
Q6.Which of the following sentences is correctly punctuated?
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