A. A (1. sentence ) is a word group that has a (2.subject ) and a (3.verb ) and (4.

express a
complete thought )
a. Subject: (5.person, place, thing or idea spoken about in the sentence. Subjects can also
be pronouns)
b. verb: (6. predicate) (7.action word that tells us what the subject is doing )
c. complete thought
d. Example: I feel very sluggish today.
i.
Subject: (8. I)
ii.
verb: (9.feel)
iii.
Is it a complete thought? (10. Yep!)
iv.
Is it a sentence? (11. Yes)
B. A word group that does not have all the basic parts of a complete sentence is called a (12.
fragment )
a. Example 1: (13. Working far into the night to save her little boat)
i.
Subject: (14.)MISSING
ii.
Verb: (15. working)
iii.
Complete thought: (16. no )
iv.
Fix it: (17. She worked far into the night to save her little boat )
b. Example 2: In Japan, during the last war and just before the surrender.
i.
Subject: (18. )MISSING
ii.
Verb: (19.)MISSING
iii.
Complete thought: (20.no )
iv.
Fix it: (21.) I was in Japan during the last war and just before the surrender, the citizens
started to panic.
c. Example 3: (22. Some of the students helping Dr. Perry with his research last semester. )
i.
Subject: (23. Students)
ii.
Verb: (24. Helping)
iii.
Complete thought: (25. no)
iv.
Fix it: (26.Some of the students helping Dr. Perry with his research last semester received
a discount on their tuition.)
d. Example 4: Even though he had better arguments and was by far the better speaker.
i.
Subject: (27. He )
ii.
Verb: (28. had and was )
iii.
Complete thought: (29. no )
iv.
Fix it: (30. Even though he had better arguments and was by far the better speaker, he still
lost the Campion. )