Sentence fragments worksheets
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A fragment is a piece of a sentence. Find what it is missing: the naming part (subject) or the telling part (predicate).
Six grades, four different sets of sentences: 2nd and 3rd grade share one, and so do 5th and 6th grade. Print one here, or open a grade for examples and teaching notes.
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2nd grade
Sentence fragments worksheets for second grade show a group of words and ask whether it is a complete sentence or a fragment. Your child checks for the two parts every sentence needs: the naming part and the telling part. Items that are fragments always have one clear missing piece.
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3rd grade
Third grade sentence fragments worksheets mix complete sentences with fragments that are missing a subject, missing a predicate, or are a dependent clause left hanging (Because the rain started). Your child labels each one, and the answer key names the missing part.
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4th grade Core grade
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Fourth grade sentence fragments worksheets use the kinds of fragments kids actually write: -ing openers with no helper verb, clauses that start with because or when and then stop, and long naming parts with no verb. Your child labels each word group and names what it is missing, which is the recognizing half of standard L.4.1.f.
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5th grade
Fifth grade sentence fragments worksheets lean on the hard cases: fragments that carry two or three phrases, clauses that start with although or while, and -ing phrases posing as verbs. Your child diagnoses what is missing, the same edit they should run on their own drafts.
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6th grade
Sixth grade fragments worksheets read like real editing work. Items come from the kinds of sentences middle schoolers write: stacked phrases, hanging clauses, and afterthoughts split off from the sentence before. Your child labels each item and names the repair.
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7th grade
A fragment is a word group written as a sentence without being one: it is missing a subject, a verb, or the words that finish the thought. A run-on is the opposite problem, two sentences with nothing between them. Seventh graders sort word groups into fragment, complete sentence, and run-on.
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