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A sentence is a group of words that expresses a complete thought. A sentence fragment does not express a complete thought. It is missing either a subject or predicate.

This is a complete sentence: Many kinds of animals live in Panama.

This is a sentence fragment: Many kinds of animals.

Directions: Read the following sentences and sentence fragments. Choose “Sentence” or “sentence fragment” by clicking on the ? . Use the Tab key to move from box to box.

Some Panamanian animals are tame, not wild.
Dogs, cats, cows, and chickens.
The rooster crowed a loud “cock-a-doodle-doo.”
Many other Panamanian animals.
Brightly-colored tree frogs.
Sometimes you can see flocks of yellow-and-green parrots in the sky.
Lazy brown sloths with three toes.
Black toucans with flat, yellow bills.
Black, white-faced monkeys make an interesting sight.
Jaguars are large, fierce cats that look like leopards.

3rd Grade – What is a Sentence?

Printed on 8/23/02	Page 1	The Little Painter of Sabana Grande

2nd Grade – Sentence Builder

Gary Marvin

2002-08-23

Louisville, KY