Complete Sentences Exercise

August 11th, 2009

A sentence must have a subject (the doer) and a verb (the action). Without both, the sentence does not express a complete thought, and it is a sentence fragment.

Identify each as fragment or complete.

  1. The mouse in the corner.
  2. The last thing I had to do.
  3. Angel read last night.
  4. Over the hills and through the woods.
  5. They took out the trash today.
  6. In hope of a better life, they set sail.
  7. His last words to his grandpa.
  8. The faster Kelly walks.
  9. Over a month to make the homecoming float.
  10. Greed overtook the senator.
  11. By the garden in the rain.
  12. The tall grass grew.
  13. She prepared for the soccer game.
  14. Computers help students.
  15. Two times last week.
  16. He ran.
  17. Rain on the golden hills.
  18. Smelling the scent of fear.
  19. The last thing I remember.
  20. A box arrived in the mail.
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