Preliminary Unit

Warm-up Exercise: What is a sentence?

A sentence is a group of words that contains a subject and a verb, and expresses a
complete idea. A sentence that is missing either a subject, a verb or a complete idea is
considered as a sentence fragment.

Directions: Indicate whether each statement below is considered a Sentence or a Fragment.

1. The culprit will be released on bail with a surety of 100,000 baht. ___________

2. Who are eligible to vote ahead of the May 14 general election. ___________

3. Who admitted to making a mistake in Friday’s game? ___________

4. Two of the five men who tied up two Chinese nationals. ___________

5. Russian tourists have been flocking to Thailand. ___________

6. The PM2.5 pollution choking the upper northern provinces. ___________

7. With the aim of creating a green environment. ___________

8. Since pandemic travel restrictions were eased. ___________

9. Have fun watching the soccer match. ___________

10. However, this was my first time visiting Hong Kong Disneyland Resort. ___________

11. Although flight delays are expected after a power outage hit the airport. ___________

12. To get away from the hustle and bustle of Bangkok. ___________

13. RSV vaccine approved by the United States on Wednesday. ___________

14. Two gunmen entered a school in the remote border town of Teri Mangal. ___________

15. What a devastating landslide it is! ___________

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