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Week Thirty-Three Language Arts Warm Ups

Sentences and Sentence Fragments

By Melissa Kelly, About.com

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1. Identify the following as a sentence or sentence fragment. If it is a fragment, correct it by adding words to make a complete sentence.

Since I love food.

Answer: fragment, ex. I need to lose weight since I love food.

2. Identify the following as a sentence or sentence fragment. If it is a fragment, correct it by adding words to make a complete sentence.

After the circus we met the clowns.

Answer: sentence

3. Identify the following as a sentence or sentence fragment. If it is a fragment, correct it by adding words to make a complete sentence.

Time flies.

Answer: sentence

4. Identify the following as a sentence or sentence fragment. If it is a fragment, correct it by adding words to make a complete sentence.

When my favorite show comes on.

Answer: fragment, ex. I stop everything when my favorite show comes on.

5. Identify the following as a sentence or sentence fragment. If it is a fragment, correct it by adding words to make a complete sentence.

A new song that I really like.

Answer: fragment, ex. There is a new song that I really like.

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