sentence-a group of words that contains a subject, a verb, and it expresses a complete thought.

fragment-a piece of a sentence or a group of words that doesn’t complete a thought

run-on sentence- a sentence in which two or more independent clause are conjoined without a conjunction

Sentence◦ Tony, the baseball player on the team, is my

brother.

Fragment◦ Tony, the baseball player on the team.

Run-On◦ Tony is my brother he is a baseball player on the

team.

A sentence consists of two parts: subject and predicate

subject-a part of a sentence that names the person or thing spoken about in the rest of the sentence

complete subject- is made up of all of the words in in the subject

simple subject- the main word or group of words in the complete subject

The police on the island of Tobago once rode bicycles.Complete-The police of the island of TobagoSimple-police

The island of Bequia lies between the islands of Grenada and St. Vincent.Complete-The Island of BequiaSimple-island

predicate- the part of the sentence that says something about the subject

complete predicate- all of the words in the predicate

simple predicate- the verb, or the main word or group of words in the complete predicate

Too many students hate school.

Complete◦ hate school.

Simple◦ hate

Now the police ride in the air-conditioned sedans.

Complete◦ Now…ride in the air-conditioned sedans

Simple◦ ride

Single underline the complete subject, and circle the simple subject. Then, double underline the complete predicate and but a box around the simple predicate.

The copier is out of paper.

Jack wants to buy a new backpack.

Finally, my boyfriend will cook dinner for me tonight!