Complete Sentence and Fragment Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 1: Complete sentence or fragment · Set 586 · 40 questions

Writing tip (Two parts, one idea): Find WHO or WHAT the words are about — the subject (The hungry monkey). Find WHAT HAPPENS — the predicate (grabbed a banana). Both parts, and the idea is finished? It is a complete sentence. A part missing, or words like “When the bell rang” or “Running in the park” on their own? It is a fragment.

1. 1.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) Two ducks swam in the pond. (b) My sister made a rangoli. (c) Broke his toy car. (d) My best friend gave me a pencil.
2. 2.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
   “When the school bus came.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
3. 3.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The shopkeeper counted the coins. (b) The baby elephant splashed in the river. (c) Put out the fire. (d) Grandpa watered the plants.
4. 4.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The baby elephant splashed in the river. (b) My aunt sent me a gift. (c) The school bus stopped at the gate. (d) Flew high in the sky.
5. 5.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
   “The firefighters put out the fire.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
6. 6.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The peacock danced in the rain. (b) The rain fell all night. (c) The little puppy ran across the garden. (d) When the bell rang.
7. 7.“Our teacher.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) who or what (subject) (c) what happens (predicate)
8. 8.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) Two ducks swam in the pond. (b) Before the sun set. (c) A busy squirrel collected nuts. (d) The rain fell all night.
9. 9.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) A big black crow sat on the wall. (b) My little brother. (c) The school bell rang loudly. (d) Our neighbours lit lamps on Diwali.
10. 10.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Hid under the bed. (b) The wind blew the leaves away. (c) Playing with my friends. (d) The new student.
11. 11.“Broke his toy car.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) who or what (subject) (b) nothing is missing (c) what happens (predicate)
12. 12.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Playing with my friends. (b) Fell all night. (c) The baby elephant. (d) A big black crow sat on the wall.
13. 13.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The little puppy. (b) A big black crow sat on the wall. (c) My best friend gave me a pencil. (d) The school bus stopped at the gate.
14. 14.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) The doctor checked my throat. (b) Slept on the sofa. (c) The tall tree. (d) As soon as we reached home.
15. 15.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) Two ducks swam in the pond. (b) The tiny ant carried a crumb. (c) My father. (d) A big black crow sat on the wall.
16. 16.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The shopkeeper. (b) The hungry monkey grabbed a banana. (c) My best friend gave me a pencil. (d) The players ran onto the field.
17. 17.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) My little brother broke his toy car. (b) A small mouse hid under the bed. (c) The old farmer planted rice in the field. (d) Wrote a poem on the board.
18. 18.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The little puppy ran across the garden. (b) The cricket match. (c) My grandmother told us a story. (d) Our teacher wrote a poem on the board.
19. 19.“Ran across the garden.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) who or what (subject) (b) what happens (predicate) (c) nothing is missing
20. 20.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) My aunt. (b) Stopped at the gate. (c) As soon as we reached home. (d) The baby elephant splashed in the river.
21. 21.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Stopped at the gate. (b) The tiny ant carried a crumb. (c) The new student. (d) Since it was late.
22. 22.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The red kite flew high in the sky. (b) The doctor checked my throat. (c) Our neighbours lit lamps on Diwali. (d) Gave us cool shade.
23. 23.“Slept on the sofa.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) who or what (subject) (c) what happens (predicate)
24. 24.“Blew the leaves away.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) who or what (subject) (c) what happens (predicate)
25. 25.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Because the shop was closed.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
26. 26.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Since it was late. (b) Our cat. (c) Sent me a gift. (d) A small mouse hid under the bed.
27. 27.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Grabbed a banana. (b) Since it was late. (c) The old farmer planted rice in the field. (d) Our neighbours.
28. 28.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Put out the fire. (b) Our teacher. (c) When the school bus came. (d) The red kite flew high in the sky.
29. 29.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Ran onto the field. (b) When the bell rang. (c) The hungry monkey. (d) My best friend gave me a pencil.
30. 30.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Our teacher.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
31. 31.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The ice cream seller rang his bell. (b) The baby elephant. (c) My little brother broke his toy car. (d) The old farmer planted rice in the field.
32. 32.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The school bus stopped at the gate. (b) The tall tree gave us cool shade. (c) Until the rain stopped. (d) The red kite flew high in the sky.
33. 33.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The children sang a song in the hall. (b) A busy squirrel. (c) The cricket match ended at five o'clock. (d) The school bell rang loudly.
34. 34.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) The little puppy ran across the garden. (b) Before the sun set. (c) Was full of lotus flowers. (d) The cricket match.
35. 35.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Our teacher wrote a poem on the board.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
36. 36.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) Two ducks swam in the pond. (b) The children sang a song in the hall. (c) The train left the station at nine. (d) The doctor.
37. 37.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Gave me a pencil.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
38. 38.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The peacock danced in the rain. (b) Waiting for the bus. (c) The firefighters put out the fire. (d) Our cat slept on the sofa.
39. 39.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “The village pond was full of lotus flowers.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
40. 40.“Cooked dal for dinner.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) who or what (subject) (c) what happens (predicate)

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