1. Complete Sentences and Sentence Fragments Warm-ups for 11/3 – 11/13

2. Sentence Fragments notes 11/3 An incomplete sentence is called a sentence fragment. A fragment lacks either a subject, a predicate, or does not communicate a complete thought. Here are some examples of sentence fragments: Example: Saw that it was time to leave. lacks a subject Example: The king and all his men. lacks a predicate Example: Before we went to soccer practice. does not communicate a complete thought

3. Sentence Fragment practice 11/4 Directions: Write each example. If it is a sentence, that has all the components from yesterday’s notes, leave it alone. If it is not a sentence, change it, underlining what you add that makes it a sentence. 1) Daniel can come. 2) I didn’t know that. 3) Went to the store. 4) Singing loudly all day long. 5) Once they get here.

4. Sentence Fragment practice 11/5 Directions: Write each example. If it is a sentence, that has all the components from yesterday’s notes, leave it alone. If it is not a sentence, change it, underlining what you add that makes it a sentence. 6) What time will they be here? 7) Went to the beach and it was fun. 8) Without increasing his test scores. 9) A high quality car. 10) The thunder scared us all.

5. Sentence Fragment practice 11/6 Directions: Write each example. If it is a sentence, that has all the components from yesterday’s notes, leave it alone. If it is not a sentence, change it, underlining what you add that makes it a sentence. 1.Yesterday, when I got off the school bus. 2.My friend Sheila and I saw a brown toad hopping on the sidewalk. 3.Yelled and screamed when she saw it. 4.My friend Sheila who is scared of all reptiles. 5.I picked up the toad and looked at it closely.

6. Sentence Fragment Practice 11/9 Directions : Read the following sentences. Choose the one that is written as complete sentences and contains no fragments. Rewrite the other two into correct sentences, you may have to combine the sentences. 1. My first victim was a woman. White, well dressed. Probably in her early twenties. 2.I understand. Of Course, that the danger. They perceive is not a hallucination. 3. It is my equivalent to the cowbell that hikers wear when they know they are in bear country.

7. Sentence Fragment Practice 11/10 Directions: Read the following sentences. Choose the one that is written as complete sentences and contains no fragments. Rewrite the other two into correct sentences, you may have to combine the sentences. 1.My father, who is one of the few Indians who went to Catholic school on purpose, was an avid reader. 2.The words inside a paragraph. Worked together for a common purpose, had some specific reason for being inside the same fence. 3.I refused to fail I was smart I was arrogant I was lucky I read books late into the night. UntiI I could barely keep my eyes open.

8. Verb Tense Practice 11/11 Directions: When you write, it is common to write in one tense – past, present, or future. It is incorrect and confusing to the reader to jump back and forth. Read the following and change them all to past tense. These are originally from Alexie’s “Superman and Me” 1.I run to the bookstores and read bits and pieces of as many books as I can... I love those books, but I also know that love has only one purpose. I am trying to save my life. 2.I learn to read with a Superman comic book. Simple enough, I suppose. I cannot recal which particular Superman comic book, I read, nor can I rmember which villain he fights in the issue. 3.Our house is filled with books. They were stacked in crazy piles in the bathroom, bedrooms, and living room. In a fit of unemployment- inspired creative energy, my father builds a set of bookshelves and soon fills them with a random assortment of books…

9. Verb Tense Practice 11/11 Directions: When you write, it is common to write in one tense – past, present, or future. It is incorrect and confusing to the reader to jump back and forth. Read the following and change them all to past tense. These are originally from Staples “Just Walk on By”. 1.That is more than a decade ago. I am 23 years old, a graduate student newly arrives at the University of Chicago. 2.I move to New York nearly two years ago and I have remain an avid night walker. 3.Just so, I recall the points at which some of my boyhood friends were finally seduce by the perception of themselves a tough guys

10. Verb Tense Practice 11/12 Directions: When you write, it is common to write in one tense – past, present, or future. It is incorrect and confusing to the reader to jump back and forth. Read the following and change them all of the underline words to the same tense. There is more than one possible solution. 1.If the club limited its membership, it will have to raise its dues. 2. As Barbara puts in her contact lenses, the telephone rang. 3. Thousands of people will see the art exhibit by the time it closes.

11. Verb Tense Practice 11/13 Directions: When you write, it is common to write in one tense – past, present, or future. It is incorrect and confusing to the reader to jump back and forth. Read the following and change them all all of the underline words to the same tense. There is more than one possible solution. 4. By the time negotiations began, many pessimists have expressed doubt about them. 5. After Capt. James Cook visited Alaska on his third voyage, he is killed by Hawaiian islanders in 1779. 6. I was terribly disappointed with my grade because I will study very hard.