What is a sentence?

A sentence is a groups of words that gives a complete thought and makes sense.

It must contain 2 parts to be considered a sentence

1. it must tell you what the sentence is about (subject)

2. it must tell you what is taking place or what the subject is doing(predicate)

The road is long.

The road is what the sentence is about.

The word long tells you something about the road.

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​Example 1

The trees are orange.

The trees are the subjects or what the sentence is about.

The word orange tells you more about the subject.

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​Example 2

​Rules of a sentence

A sentence must have a capital letter at the beginning.

A sentence must have an end mark at the end. (. ? !)

A sentence must have a subject - what the sentence is about

A sentence must have a predicate - what the subject is doing or info about the subject.

What is a fragment?

These are words that make no sense or does not give a complete thought.

The road was

This is incomplete. It doesnt tell us if the road was long, rocky, smooth etc.

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​Fragment example 1

The trees down.

This is not a complete sentence.

It does not tell us if the trees fell down, if they were cut down etc.

​Fragment example 2