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SENTENCE
FLUENC
A COMPLE TE SENTENCES VS. FRAGMENTS
COMPLETE SENTENCES include both a subject and a predicate.
FRAGMENTS lack a subject, a predicate, or both. When you write a
paragraph, be sure that all of your sentences are COMPLETE. FRAGMENTS
make your writing poor and informal.
EXAMPLE Look at the COMPLETE SENTENCES and FRAGMENTS below.
Sentence After dinner, he showed me the house.
Fragments
Showed me the house. No subject
He me the house. No predicate
After dinner. No subject & predicate
YOUR
TURN What does each FRAGMENT lack? Choose the right one.
1. Passed all my exams. ( Subject / Predicate / Both )
2. I all my exams. ( Subject / Predicate / Both )
3. In the summer. ( Subject / Predicate / Both )
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FLUENC
A COMPLE TE SENTENCES VS. FRAGMENTS
COMPLETE SENTENCES include both a subject and a predicate.
FRAGMENTS lack a subject, a predicate, or both. When you write a
paragraph, be sure that all of your sentences are COMPLETE. FRAGMENTS
make your writing poor and informal.
EXAMPLE Look at the COMPLETE SENTENCES and FRAGMENTS below.
Sentence After dinner, he showed me the house.
Fragments
Showed me the house. No subject
He me the house. No predicate
After dinner. No subject & predicate
YOUR
TURN What does each FRAGMENT lack? Choose the right one.
1. Passed all my exams. ( Subject / Predicate / Both )
2. I all my exams. ( Subject / Predicate / Both )
3. In the summer. ( Subject / Predicate / Both )
30 ✷ Part I
