Is the thought complete or incomplete?

Is the thought complete or incomplete?

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English

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9th Grade

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Practice Problem

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Easy

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CCSS

L.7.1A, L.4.1F, L.9-10.1B

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3 Slides • 6 Questions

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Is the thought complete or incomplete?

Recognizing complete thoughts

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What is a complete thought?

Complete thoughts express a full idea.
It must have a subject and verb.
Example: My neighbor fell down the stairs.

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What is an incomplete thought?

An incomplete thought does not make sense by itself. If you walked up to someone and told them an incomplete thought, they would be confused because information is missing.
You can attach incomplete thoughts to a complete thought to form a complex sentence.
Example: Because the floor was wet.
My neighbor fell down the stairs because the floor was wet.

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Multiple Choice

Find the incomplete thought.

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He went down the slide.

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They played in the rain.

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Laughing outside.

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Rain splashed.

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Multiple Choice

Find the complete thought.

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Jumping up and down, spinning in circles.

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The girls went to the park to play.

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On the radio with a loud voice.

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Wet swings, jumping in puddles.

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Multiple Choice

Find complete thought in sentence:

My neighbor lent me his PlayStation because I helped him.

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My neighbor lent me his PlayStation

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because I helped him.

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Multiple Choice

Find the incomplete thought in sentence:

My friends went to the party to pick me up.

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My friends went to the party

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to pick me up

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Multiple Choice

Find the incomplete thought:

She woke up in the middle of the night, confused by all the noise.

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She woke up in the middle of the night

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confused by all the noise.

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Multiple Choice

Find the complete thought:

While I was sleeping, Simba decorated my house.

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While I was sleeping

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Simba decorated my house.

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Is the thought complete or incomplete?

Recognizing complete thoughts

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