MAP 7th Grade Language Usage › Understand and Edit for Grammar
Select the complete sentence.
Bunches and bunches of chocolate and whip cream.
Charlie's old plastic phone.
Melissa ran to the store.
Nick's bright red hair and dark freckles.
A sentence conveys a complete thought and includes both a subject and a verb. In contrast, a sentence fragment does not convey a complete thought, and will normally not include either a subject or a verb.
"Bunches and bunches of chocolate and whip cream." is a sentence fragment because it does not convey a complete thought and it is missing a verb.
"Charlie's old plastic phone." is a sentence fragment because it does not convey a complete thought and it is missing a verb.
"Nick's bright red hair and dark freckles." is a sentence fragment because it does not convey a complete thought and it is missing a verb.
"Melissa ran to the store." is a complete sentence because it does convey a complete thought and includes a subject, "Melissa", and a verb, "ran".
Select the complete sentence.
Running fast, fast, fast.
Eric ran up the mountain.
Blowing in the wind.
Joe's freezing cold coffee.
A sentence conveys a complete thought and includes both a subject and a verb. In contrast, a sentence fragment does not convey a complete thought, and will normally not include either a subject or a verb.
"Running fast, fast, fast." is a sentence fragment because it does not convey a complete thought and it is missing a subject.
"Blowing in the wind." is a sentence fragment because it does not convey a complete thought and it is missing a subject.
"Joe's freezing cold coffee." is a sentence fragment because it does not convey a complete thought and it is missing a verb.
"Eric ran up the mountain." is a complete sentence because it does convey a complete thought and includes a subject, "Eric", and a verb, "ran".