Sentence Fragment Teacher Resources

In this grammar worksheet, students proofread 5 short paragraphs while looking for sentence fragments. They use the space below the paragraphs to rewrite them with the revisions.

Use this straightforward presentation as a basic guide to your grammar unit. With explanations of the parts of a simple sentence (subject, verb, direct object), the slideshow is a good way to reinforce students' prior knowledge about...

Find out just how much your pupils know about simple sentences, subjects and predicates, sentence fragments, coordinating and subordinating conjunctions, compound sentences, complex sentences, and more! This review page includes...

Differentiate between comma splices, fragments, and run-ons with this handout. Each punctuation error is coupled with distinct definitions and examples. Though this handout does not require learner participation, it is a useful guide for...

Young scholars practice their writing skills. For this writing revision lesson, students read the provided writing samples and make corrections to the sentence fragments that are evident in each of them.

In this grammar learning exercise, students identify which sentences are fragments and then rewrite each fragment they find into a complete sentence below the fragment.

Tired of seeing u instead of you and 2 instead of too? Teach your pupils how to write for an academic setting by asking them to correct these six social media posts that are full of grammatical errors, spelling errors, and text speak.

Bring your second, third, and fourth graders to the computer lab, or simply print this sheet! Now that you've reviewed complete sentences, fragments, and run-ons, it's quiz time! Your test-takers will complete the 10-question quiz by...

In this recognizing phrases to complete sentences worksheet, learners use picture clues and phrases in a box to fill in the blanks and complete the sentences. Students write 8 answers.

In this identifying the diphthongs au and aw learning exercise, students use words in a word box to complete sentences and draw an illustration from the short story. Students complete 7 answers.

In this language arts worksheet, students read 20 sentences and look for errors. Students write R if the sentence is run-on, CS if there is a comma splice, F for a sentence fragment and C for a correct sentence.

In this sentence fragment and run-on worksheet, students complete a set of 10 multiple choice questions. Students may click on an answer link or print the page.

In this recognizing complete sentences and fragments activity, students cut and paste sentences or phrases in their correct columns. Students solve 8 answers.

What must a sentence contain in order to be complete? What different types of sentences exist? Look at declarative, interrogative, and exclamatory sentences with this 17-slide presentation. Several example sentences are shown, and the...

Being able to distinguish between a complete sentence and an incomplete sentence is an important skill, one set as a standard by the Common Core initiative. This presentation does a shows viewers what it takes to make a complete...

Jack and Jill went up the... bell? As your budding readers and writers begin to recognize simple words and rhyme, use these incomplete sentences as practice. There are three lines from familiar nursery rhymes here, each missing the last...

As your budding readers and writers begin to recognize simple words and rhyme, use these incomplete sentences as practice. There are three lines from a familiar nursery rhyme here, each missing the last rhyming word. The missing word is...

What type of writing is this? Learners read a brief introduction to various types of text: instructions, explanations, poems, folk tales, novels, informative, and arguments. The introduction doesn't explain these, so...

Using the verbs ir, dar, and estar, beginning Spanish language learners complete ten incomplete sentences and translate them on the lines provided. A review of the three target verbs is posted at the top of the sheet. 

Before reading Anne Frank's diary, discuss stereotypes with your class. This guide is a great prereading activity; pupils complete a list of incomplete sentences in order to showcase common stereotypes. Then, they complete the seven...

Readers have the opportunity to bring the words from an excerpt of Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass to life. They use strategies from the Storyteller’s Toolbox anchor chart as a guide and then work in pairs to prepare...

Yay! It's a sentence fragment learning exercise that focuses on a specific topic. Interest your learners with the topic of earthquakes and volcanoes. They read 18 examples and decide whether the example is a sentence or fragment. 

Students review the definition of a sentence and identify the sentences (complete thoughts) from a list of possibilities. Students evaluate complete and incomplete sentences by being judges at a sentence contest.

In this identifying fragments worksheet, students label sentences and fragments and revise fragments. Students complete twenty three fill in the blank and short answer questions.