This document is an English activity from an Agriculture High School in the Philippines. The activity aims to teach students to identify sentences and fragments. It provides examples of sentences and fragments and has the students practice identifying whether given phrases are sentences or fragments. It also has the students correct sentence fragments by adding missing parts to make complete sentences. The activity contains two tasks - the first has students identify sentences and fragments, and the second has them correct fragments by making fun sentences.

1. AGRICULTURE HIGH SCHOOL
Agriculture, Midsayap, Cotabato
Name: __________________________________________ Date: ______________
Year and Section: _________________________________ Score: _____________
Subject: English 4
Activity No. 2-43
Activity Title: Sentence or Fragment?
Objective: To identify if the given phrase is sentence or a fragment.
SENTENCE is a group of words with two main parts: a subject and predicate. Together these parts
express a complete thought.
FRAGMENT is a group of words that does not express a complete thought.
Examples:
FRAGMENTS SENTENCE
In a saloon in Dakota. Hickok died in a saloon in Dakota.
Shot several men in the line of duty. He shot several men in the line of duty.
Wild Bill Hickok, a famous frontiersman. Wild Bill Hickok, a famous frontiersman, was
an honest marshall.
LET’S PRACTICE! If a group of words is a sentence, write sentence. If it is a fragment, write fragment.
Write your answer on the space provided.
Example: My sister. Fragment
1. The cow in the field. _____________________
2. The sweet little bird in the tree. _____________________
3. This food tastes delicious. _____________________
4. Everyday after school. _____________________
5. People talked. _____________________
6. This is a wonderful movie. _____________________
7. The character with the blonde hair. _____________________
8. My very energetic mother. _____________________
9. I asked my mother to bake chocolate chip cookies. _____________________
10. Whenever my sister sings. _____________________
TASK 1: If a group of words is a sentence, write sentence. If it is a fragment, write fragment. Write your
answer on the space provided.
1. A sewing machine with all the frills.
2. Stories about creatures in the ocean depths.
3. Jandie did not finish his breakfast.
4. Jumped higher and higher on the trampoline.
5. Stop!
6. Baseball, the most popular spectator sport.
7. Wearing a white, heavy knit sweater.
8. Beside the pool, soaking up the sunshine.
9. I thought she had already left for her vacation.
10.Stumbling through the barriers.
TASK 2: Correct these sentence fragments by adding the missing parts. Use your creativity to make fun
sentences!
Example: my sister's cat
Possible Answer: My sister's cat is adorable.
1. ran all over town
2. the red and blue chair
3. the famous chef from your favorite television show
4. the rain
5. swam two miles
6. that little boy
7. read twenty books this summer
8. calculator
9. May I use
10. My math teacher