This document provides examples of sentence fragments and ways to revise them into complete sentences. It discusses fragments that are missing a subject, verb, or are dependent clauses. Revisions involve adding the missing element, such as the subject or verb, or attaching the fragment to a complete independent clause. The goal is to take sentence fragments and make the thoughts complete.

1. Sentence Fragment

2. Learning objective
LEARNERS WILL BE ABLE TO WRITE
COMPLETE & CORRECT SENTENCES

4. 1. Sentence Fragments Without a Subject
• Some sentence fragments lack a subject, so
you need to add it. View examples of sentence
fragments along with a possible revision that
includes a subject for

5. • Fragment Sentence: Shows no improvement in
your efficiency.
Revision: e evaluation shows no improvement
in your efficiency.
• Fragment Sentence: Slammed the door and left.
Revision: Sarah slammed the door and left.
• Fragment Sentence: Was running down the lane
and into the forest.
Revision: he moose was running down the lane
and into the forest.

6. • Fragment Sentence: Discovered the cure for
the disease.
Revision: The researcher discovered the cure
for the dise
• Fragment Sentence: Gave many reasons but
no logical ones.
Revision: ur boss gave many reasons but no
logical ones.

7. 2. Sentence Fragment Examples Without a Verb
• Some sentence fragments have a subject but
no verb. To make the correction, a verb needs
to be added. Explore several sentence
fragments missing a verb and a possible way
to correct them.

8. • Fragment Sentence: That time of wonder and amazement.
Revision: That was a time of wonder and amazement.
• Fragment Sentence: Clothes and shoes scattered around the
room.
Revision: Clothes and shoes were scattered around the room.
• Fragment Sentence: The elected official for our district
unpopular.
Revision: he elected official for our district was unpopular.
• Fragment Sentence: Inheritance, the answer to our prayers.
Revision: This inheritance is the answer to our prayers.
• Fragment Sentence: Terri showing her award and gloating.
Revision: Terri was showing her award and gloating.

9. 3. Dependant Clause Sentence Fragment
Examples
• Some sentence fragments are dependent
clauses that cannot stand alone. Therefore,
you need to add an independent clause to
make it a complete sentence. Take a look at
examples of fragment sentences with a
dependent clause and a possible revision to
make it a complete sentence.

10. • Fragment Sentence: Because it was raining.
Revision: We canceled the picnic because it was raining.
• Fragment Sentence: After I finish the project.
Revision: I will get a bonus after I finish the project.
• Fragment Sentence: Since she never saw that movie.
Revision: We should invite her since she never saw that
movie.
• Fragment Sentence: Such as drama, music and dance.
Revision: I like the arts, such as drama, music and dance.
• Fragment Sentence: To explain why that happened.
Revision: He neglected to explain why that happened
• Fragment Sentence: Worrying that she would be
robbed.
Revision: She carefully locked the car, worrying that she
would be robbed

11. 4. It is a misuse of “such as, for example,
especially,” etc.
– Example: Such as, my brother was practicing martial
arts.
– (It is unclear; did something happen when my
brother was practicing martial arts?)
– Fragment: Purdue offers many majors in
engineering. Such as electrical, chemical, and
industrial engineering.
– Possible Revision: Purdue offers many majors in
engineering, such as electrical, chemical, and
.

12. Revise
Fragment
• Because of the rain.
• On its own, because of the rain doesn’t form a
complete thought. It leaves us wondering what
happened because of the rain. To complete it,
we need further explanation:
• Because of the rain, the party was canceled.
• Now the fragment has become a dependent
clause attached to a sentence that has a
subject (the party) and a verb (was canceled).
Our thought is complete.

13. Revise
• Attach the fragment to a nearby complete
sentence
Incorrect: I forgot to eat breakfast. On the
morning of my driver’s test.
• Correct: I forgot to eat breakfast on the morning
of my driver’s test.
•
Incorrect: If the front door is locked. Use the back
entrance.
• Correct: If the front door is locked, use the back
entrance.

14. Revise
Revise the fragment by adding whatever is missing – subject,
verb, complete thought.
Incorrect: Loves to lie around in the sun all day. (A subject is
missing. Who loves to lie around?)
• Correct: My roommate’s pug loves to lie around in the sun
all day.
•
Incorrect: Joe to train every day. (A verb is missing. Also, “to
train” is the wrong verb form. Joe does what every day?)
• Correct: Joe trains every day for the marathon next month.
• Correct: Joe is training every day for the marathon next
month.

15. Revise
• Fragment: Coach Dietz exemplified this behavior by
walking off the field in the middle of a game. Leaving
her team at a time when we needed her.
Possible Revision: Coach Dietz exemplified this
behavior by walking off the field in the middle of a
game, leaving her team at a time when we needed
her.
• Fragment: I need to find a new roommate. Because
the one I have now isn't working out too well.
Possible Revision: I need to find a new
roommate because the one I have now isn't working
out too well.