Starter quiz
- The person, place or thing performing the action of a sentence is ______.
- the complete thought
- the subject ✓
- the verb
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- A sentence should begin with a ______.
- subject
- lower-case letter
- capital letter ✓
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- At the end of a sentence you should have ______.
- a capital letter
- a comma
- a full-stop ✓
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- The main clause in a sentence expresses ______.
- an incomplete thought
- a complete thought ✓
- a question
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- A verb is a ______.
- describing word
- being, doing, or having word ✓
- person, place or thing that performs the action
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- Which of the following is the correct use of an apostrophe for possession?
- It was Harrys' cat.
- It was Harry's cat. ✓
- It was Har'rys cat.
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Exit quiz
- A complete sentence has ______.
- two subjects, a verb and expresses a complete thought
- a subject, a verb and expresses a complete thought ✓
- a subject, a verb and expresses an incomplete thought
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- Which of the following is a complete sentence?
- Diana chased the mouse. ✓
- Diana chased the.
- Diana skillfully and masterfully the mouse.
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- A fragment is ______.
- a being, doing or having word
- something lower in rank or position
- a small part broken off ✓
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- To fix a sentence fragment you should ______.
- always add in a subject to the sentence
- either add a subject or a verb ✓
- use a semi-colon to join it to the main sentence
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- Subordinate means ______.
- lower in rank or position ✓
- equal in rank or position
- higher in rank or positon
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- Which of the following sentences is correctly punctuated?
- Since it was dark Alice ran home.
- Since it was, dark Alice ran home.
- Since it was dark, Alice ran home. ✓
- Since it was dark, Alice ran home
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Key learning points
- A complete sentence has a subject, a verb and expresses a complete idea.
- A sentence fragment is an incomplete sentence, lacking a subject, verb – or both.
- To correct sentence fragments, identify whether the subject or verb is missing and add it to the sentence.
- A complete sentence starts with a capital letter and ends with a full stop.
- A subordinate clause is a group of words that is not a complete sentence but adds extra information.
Common misconception
That the subject of a sentence is always the person in the sentence.
A subject is the person, place, or thing that is performing the action of the sentence.
Keywords
Subject - In grammar, this is the person, place, or thing that is performing the action of the sentence.
Verb - a being, a doing or a having word
Fragment - a small part broken off or separated from something
Subordinate - means being lower in rank or position
Complete - when something has all the necessary or appropriate parts
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