Complete VS Incomplete Sentences in English | 3 Ways to Identify and Correct Fragments

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Learn about complete vs incomplete sentences in this English grammar and writing lesson! I will teach you all about sentence fragments and how to correct them. There are three things you should look out for when determining if a sentence is complete. You must check for a subject and predicate and make sure the sentence is clear.
A sentence fragment is a piece of a sentence. It looks like a sentence but is missing something, like a subject, verb, or a main idea. You will learn how to find these fragments and how to fix them to make them complete sentences.
Examples of sentence fragments:
• Laughing loudly on the balcony. (This fragment is missing a subject.)
• The children in the park. (This fragment is missing a verb.)
• Although she wanted to come. (This is a dependent clause, which means the sentence cannot stand alone. It needs more information.)
At the end of this lesson, there will be a quiz where you must identify any sentence fragments.
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Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
00:40 - What are Complete Sentences?
01:55 - Components of Complete Sentences
02:55 - What are Incomplete Sentences?
04:15 - Causes of Incomplete Sentences
06:32 - Identifying and Correcting Fragments
08:45 - Quiz
09:34 - Answers
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@mojtababezan 10 ай бұрын

Hi! there, I've done this quiz easily. 8/8 The name of the quiz makes me nervous. A good teacher is like a candle it consumes itself to light the way for others. Thanks

@SparkleEnglish 10 ай бұрын

Excellent! 💡✨✨

@peterarinze9855 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for your invaluable lesson. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

@pastorlordknows1 10 ай бұрын

Powerful, I'm blessed to have this channel.

@Joseluis-pk2fr 10 ай бұрын

I cannot wait for another class! Thank you!

@SparkleEnglish 10 ай бұрын

You're very welcome!! 🥰

@JLPrice-kc2uy 10 ай бұрын

8/8 only because you're so good at what you do. When I taught bible study, the very first thing I would teach is this; ask yourself these questions, who's doing the talking, who are they talking to, and what are they talking about. Then turn them loose lol 👍

@SparkleEnglish 10 ай бұрын

Great strategy! 🤗🙏

@larrymilliken288 10 ай бұрын

Thank you, Jennifer, for teaching me the science of English. Again, I'm stunned that I answered every question correctly, which builds my confidence to keep learning from these helpful videos you produce. I am very grateful.

@SparkleEnglish 10 ай бұрын

Wonderful, Larry!!

@larrymilliken288 10 ай бұрын

Thanks to you!@@SparkleEnglish

@ArtemHahauz-nm7bk Ай бұрын

The class is remarkable and so is the teacher. I have a question: is it an independent clause: "He said."? Something tells me that it is not, yet I cannot find an answer on my own. It's tricky and puzzling mostly because we have both the subject and the verb. However, as for me, the sentence makes the reader confused. The question is "What did he say?", at least this question comes to my mind when I read it. Thank you so much for this video! Best regards from Ukraine! Eight out of eight!

@ssultanzamin8753 10 ай бұрын

Amazing job done! Beautifully explained! Thank you so much.

@SparkleEnglish 10 ай бұрын

You're very welcome!

@kylerdad123 10 ай бұрын

Thank you for the great lesson. I am looking forward towards the next vlog. I was able to get eight-out-of-eight correctly. Best wishes and regard! 😊.

@SparkleEnglish 10 ай бұрын

Great job as always!

@yosef2083 7 ай бұрын

I got all the answers correct thanks to you 🥰;)

@amilton1015 10 ай бұрын

Thank you - Jennifer! From Curitiba/Brazil...

@kishorwaze5303 10 ай бұрын

Quite simple quiz;all correct. Thats apart, the video is very much useful and I will avoid using sentence fragments in formal writing , as advised. Thank you very much.

@SparkleEnglish 10 ай бұрын

Well done!

@rigzinpalmo6492 4 ай бұрын

Thank you🙏

@davedeatherage4902 10 ай бұрын

Yes ma'am I got all eight correct.😊

@beautifulqueen3883 10 ай бұрын

Hi, Sparkle English. Could you do a video about commas after introductory clauses?

@devashikajayamanna2255 6 ай бұрын

8/8 Thanks for you ❤❤❤❤❤

@MM-xo3zj 4 ай бұрын

❤ Great!

@daisyibarra5523 9 ай бұрын

I also got a perfect score!🥰😀

@prateekgupta7053 10 ай бұрын

Very soon it's going to complete 1 lakhs subscribers. Congratulations🥳🥳

@SparkleEnglish 10 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! I am excited 😊!

@belenorcan4134 3 ай бұрын

is it possible for a dependent clause to start with 'FANBOYS'?

@user-wr1bb1ob6u 9 ай бұрын

I got 8 correct 🧠

@epsilon-5494 9 ай бұрын

1:36 Why is there a comma after sky?

@nahomesalt 5 ай бұрын

I have the same question 🤝. Where you able to figure it out??

@arshi0345 10 ай бұрын

❤

@oldmanjoe6808 10 ай бұрын

I would like to ask you a question concerning the use of one particular definite article, "This." If it's okay with you, I'd be glad to return and post the sentence it's in so that you might be able to show me and others precisely what is in the context of which it is found this word "This" is referring to. It's really important to me and I will hope you will agree to look at this and reply. Many thanks.