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. No digas solo “fragment”. Di qué falló: “falta verbo completo”, “falta sujeto/auxiliar con -ing” o “because/when deja dependencia”. En una orden, marca you entendido.
  2. Name the failed check: subject / complete verb phrase / stand-alone meaning.