IXL | Identify sentence fragments | 10th grade language arts

Is this a sentence fragment?

The agency monitoring air quality at various locations across the country.

yes

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question

Is there a sentence fragment?

Obon is a traditional Japanese Buddhist festival. Because the festival honors the spirits of family members who have died, many people spend it with family and friends.

yes

key idea

A sentence is a group of words that expresses a complete thought.

green checkmark, The band I'm in has been rehearsing daily because we have a concert in two weeks.

A sentence fragment is a group of words that does not express a complete thought.

red X symbol, Rehearsing daily because we have a concert in two weeks.

This fragment is missing a subject. It doesn't tell who is rehearsing.

red X symbol, The band I'm in.

This fragment is missing a verb. It doesn't tell what the band I'm in is doing.

red X symbol, Because we have a concert in two weeks.

This fragment is missing an independent clause. It doesn't tell what happened because of the concert.

solution

There is not a sentence fragment. These are complete sentences because they express complete thoughts.

Obon is a traditional Japanese Buddhist festival. Because the festival honors the spirits of family members who have died, many people spend it with family and friends.

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FF.5Is it a complete sentence or a fragment?

FF.2Identify the complete subject or complete predicate of a sentence

BB.4Identify dependent and independent clauses

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