Fragments

Summary
This lesson is designed to explain what a fragment is.

Objectives
• To be able to identify fragments.

• To be able to turn fragments into complete sentences.

Suggested Grades
4th Grade
5th Grade
6th Grade

Excerpt
Fragments are one of the more common grammar problems. A fragment is a sentence that does not express a complete thought. Every sentence should have a main subject and a main verb. If there is a clause in the sentence, any nouns and verbs in the clause are not the main subject or the main verb. Most fragments are caused by the absence of either a subject or a verb. In order to correct a fragment, you would just need to ensure that the sentence has both a subject and a verb.

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