1. Make sure your sentence has a subject-- Who or What is doing something. The ball rolled away.
The man drove his car.
2. Make sure your sentence has an active verb or a helping verb --
We walked to the store.
We were walking to the store.
3. Include the object of the sentence -- What happened to the Who or What?
We skated down the street.
The ball rolled into the neighbor's yard.
Make sure to read your sentences out loud. Listen for fragments, such as:
The best way to fix this sentence fragment is - Jack usually wore a black beret
Leave it as is; it's a complete sentence.
Leave it as is; it's a complete sentence.
It is just a fragment, not a sentence. It has no verb or object.The man quickly drank the tea because he had to catch the bus.
Yes, this is a fragment, it needs a subject to become a sentence. He attended Yale. She attended Yale. David attended Yale.
Leave it as is ? It's a complete sentence.
B. Add a subject
He/She attended Yale? Did your dad really attend Yale? basically, just put a person in before attended.
First, speak what you are trying to say. Second, write down what you wrote. Check for fragments. Just add content to the fragment or combine it with another sentence.
The way it is written (Jim is the best player on the team.) is a full sentence. Written as a sentence fragment it would be: Jim, who is the best player on the team... (is what?). Ways to fix a sentence fragment: Jim, who is the best player on the team, led the celebration. Jim, who is the best player on the team, has been sidelined.
Supplying a noun is one way to fix the problem.
Supplying a noun is one way to fix the problem.