Complete Sentences, Clauses, Fragments and Run-Ons

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Sentences are groups of words that express _______ thoughts.
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Identify whether the following are complete sentences, or not complete sentences.

  • Before the music began to play
  • There is a way out of the tunnel
  • Listening to the distant sound of thunder and seeing lightning crack across the nighttime sky
  • Did Brad send Danielle a bouquet of yellow roses
  • There wasn’t much left to eat by the time Malcolm arrived
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  • Not Complete Sentences
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  • Dr. García uses all the latest equipment in her dental practice
  • Walking to the party
  • Tyrone sat on the beach because he had broken his ankle
  • Imagine what could happen in the future
  • Where did I put my library card
  • Complete Sentences
  • Not Complete Sentences
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Nouns are one of the _______ parts of speech in the English language.
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Nouns are words that describe _______ places, things, or ideas.
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Categorize the Following Nouns

  • Patricio
  • Santiago
  • Raphael
  • books
  • cars
  • high school
  • Martin Luther King Day
  • Proper Nouns
  • Common Nouns
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A _______ noun names a person, place, or thing that can be perceived by one or more of the senses.
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One use of a noun in a sentence is as a _______ , which tells whom or what the sentence is about.
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The _______ subject, usually a noun, is the main word in the complete subject.
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Identify the Simple Subject in the following sentence:

Many scientists are now studying rain forest plants.
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Identify the Simple Subject in the following sentence:

The people of this culture lived in southern Africa many years ago.
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Identify the Simple Subject in the sentence below

The buildings of their capital city still stand today.
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The predicate includes all the words of the sentence that are not part of the complete _______ .
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Identify all elements of the Complete Predicate in the following sentence:

Two million people gathered along the shore of New York Harbor.
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Identify all the elements of the Complete Predicate of the following sentence:

The occasion was the hundredth birthday of Lady Liberty.