Sentences and Fragments Worksheet
A worksheet for 8th-grade ELA students to practice identifying and correcting sentence fragments.
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Read each section carefully and follow the directions. This worksheet will help you practice identifying and correcting sentence fragments.
Directions: Read each group of words. Determine if it is a complete sentence or a fragment. Mark 'S' for sentence and 'F' for fragment.
1. Running quickly down the street.
Sentence
Fragment
2. The old house stood on a hill overlooking the town.
Sentence
Fragment
3. Although it was raining heavily.
Sentence
Fragment
Directions: Rewrite each fragment below to make it a complete sentence. Add missing subjects, verbs, or complete the thought.
1. Walking through the tall grass.
2. Because the movie was so exciting.
3. The dog, wagging its tail happily.
Directions: Write two complete sentences about your favorite hobby. Make sure each sentence has a subject and a verb and expresses a complete thought.
Directions: Read each statement about sentences and fragments. Mark 'T' for True or 'F' for False.
1. A sentence must always have a subject and a verb.
True
False
2. A fragment is a complete thought but lacks a subject or verb.
True
False
3. Adding a comma can always fix a sentence fragment.
True
False
Directions: Read the paragraph below. Identify any sentence fragments and rewrite the paragraph, correcting all fragments to form complete sentences. There are three fragments.
The old bookstore. Filled with dusty shelves and the smell of ancient paper. I spent hours there every Saturday. Searching for forgotten treasures. A quiet escape from the busy world.
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