Student-Led Workshop

Complete Sentence or Fragment?

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Use three checks: subject, complete verb phrase, and stand-alone meaning. Explain every flag word before checking.

Birds fly.

Running through the hallway.

The student with the red book.

The student with the red book is waiting.

Because the class ended.

We left because the class ended.

Close the door.

When the alarm rang.

The alarm rang at noon.

Very tired after practice.

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Do not let “it sounds meaningful” replace the grammar test.

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Tips

Complete Sentence or Fragment?

  1. El español puede ocultar el sujeto; el inglés normalmente no. La excepción principal aquí es la orden con you implícito.
  2. Una forma en -ing sola no es un verbo completo: “Running through the hallway” necesita sujeto y verbo auxiliar.
  3. Because y when anuncian dependencia. Si todavía preguntas “¿qué ocurrió?”, la idea no está completa.