SENTENCE FRAGMENTS:

Objectives:

1. Students will be able to correctly construct a sentences.

2. Students will know if the sentence is independent or dependent clauses.

3. Students will know how to correct a dependent clause to make it a complete sentence.

SENTENCE FRAGMENTS

Sentence Fragments

• it is a sentence with incomplete construction which may or may not have a subject or verb.

• it is a group of sentence pretending to be a sentence, it is punctuated and capitalized as if it were a

sentence.

• it is unacceptable in academic and professional writing.

• sometimes it is intentional, writers use them for emphasis, answers to questions, transition,
exclamation, and for advertising jingles.

CORRECTING FRAGMENTS

• You can add another information to make the sentence complete.

Ex. Shows no improvement in your fluency.

The test result shows no improvement in your fluency.

• Put a comma between the two sentences instead of period.

Ex. We are reviewing. Because it’s exam day.

We are reviewing, because it’s exam day.

• Change the position of the two sentences.

Ex. At the Cab. They are enjoying the sceneries.

They are enjoying the sceneries, at the Yellow Cab.

Pre-test:

A. Direction: Complete each sentences.

1. Discovered the cure for the disease.

2. That time of wonder and amazement.

3. She was excited about the trip. But was also nervous.

4. Never in my life. I won’t do it.

5. She refused to be a teacher. But she is doing well.

B. Direction: Analyze and choose which one is a complete sentence and encircle the correct answer.

1.

A. By the time Frances found out how expensive the wallpapering job would be.
B. After getting estimates from five contractors, she decided to do the work herself.
C. picking out an interesting wallpaper pattern that went well with her furniture.

2.

A. Mr. Blanco gone to visit her mother at the hospital.

B. Finding a parking space there is usually easy during the week.
C. Driving in the city during the evening rush hour.

3.

A. While waiting for her neighbor to move the car that blocked the driveway.
B. To avoid hitting the other car, Michael had to back across the corner of the lawn.
C. By making sure that no one will park across the driveway again.

4.

A. When my cousin moved to Troy, New York, after he finished school.

B. After he went to all the trouble of fixing up his apartment.
C. While living there, he made very few friends.

5.

A. Although I knew she might wear something outrageous, I was still shocked by her dress.
B. Because she didn’t want to tell where she had bought the strange outfit.
C. When we finally heard that she had made the dress herself.
Post-test:

A. Directions: If a group of words is a sentence, write SENTENCE. If it is a run-on sentence,

write RUN-ON, and correct the sentence so that it is no longer a run-on.

1. My grammar teacher is incredibly nice she works hard to teach me.

2. I’m so glad that I am learning proper grammar!
3. I love that blue dress, the color looks great on you.
4. I saw a deer in the woods it had a white tail.
5. We’re eating adobo for dinner tonight.

B. Directions: Correct these sentence fragments by adding the missing parts. Answers will
vary. Use your creativity to make a good sentence.

1. my sister's cat
2. read twenty books this summer
3. the famous chef from your favorite television show
4. eating out today
5. but it’s cold