Complete and Incomplete Sentences A complete sentence is

Complete and Incomplete Sentences

A complete sentence is a group of words that tells a complete idea. A complete sentence answers these questions: Who/What? and What is it doing?

Example of a Complete Sentence: The dog ate his bone. Who? The dog What did he do? Ate his bone We can answer our two questions Who? and What did he do? So this is a complete sentence!

Example of an Incomplete Sentence: The big hairy spider. Who/What? The big hairy spider What did it do? We don’t know! This is not a complete sentence! TIP: Just because a group of words begins with a capital and ends with a period doesn’t mean it is a complete sentence!

A complete sentence answers these questions: Who/What? and What is it doing? Who/What? = Subject What is it doing? = Predicate

Who/What? = Subject Noun or Pronoun What is it doing? = Predicate Verb Example: My mom made pizza for dinner.

Who/What? = Subject Noun or Pronoun What is it doing? = Predicate Verb Example: The kids were bored from the power outage.

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Complete or Incomplete? That is the question! The bird flew back to the nest. Who/What? The bird What did it do? Flew back to the nest This is a COMPLETE sentence!

Complete or Incomplete? That is the question! Is flapping in the wind. Who/What? We don’t know! This is not a complete sentence! What is it doing? Flapping in the wind TIP: Just because a group of words begins with a capital and ends with a period doesn’t mean it is a complete sentence!

Complete or Incomplete? That is the question! The kitten played with the yarn. Who/What? The kitten What did it do? Played with the yarn This is a COMPLETE sentence!

Complete or Incomplete? That is the question! The basket of food Who/What? The basket of food What is it doing? We don’t know! This is not a complete sentence! TIP: Just because a group of words begins with a capital and ends with a period doesn’t mean it is a complete sentence!

Subject and Predicate Find them! The boy hurried to school. Who/What? (Noun) The boy What did he do? hurried (Verb) to school. This is a COMPLETE sentence!

Subject and Predicate Find them! The waves at the beach were huge! Who/What? (Noun) The waves at the beach What did they do? (Verb) were huge. TIP: Sometimes the verb is a BEING verb! Those count too!

What is a complete sentence? A complete sentence is a group of words that tells a complete idea. The subject tells who or what. The predicate tells what it is doing.