Complete and Incomplete Sentences

Vocabulary flashcards reviewing grammar concepts related to complete sentences, subjects, predicates, incomplete sentences, and sentence fragments.

Complete Sentence

A complete sentence is a group of words that contains a subject and a verb and expresses a complete thought.

Subject

Nouns (persons, places, things, or ideas) or pronouns that tell us who or what a sentence is about.

Predicate

The part of a sentence that contains verbs and tells the action or state of being of the subject.

Incomplete Sentence

A sentence that cannot stand on its own, contains either a subject or a predicate (NOT both), and expresses an incomplete thought.

Sentence Fragments

A sentence fragment is an incomplete sentence that is punctuated like a complete one, but lacks a subject, a verb, or a complete thought.