Introductory phrases do not have their own subject and verb. an introductory phrase usually would rely on the subject and/or verb of the clause. These phrases will usually hint at what is about to happen in the next few sentences of the story. Sentence fragments are like incomplete sentences. They are usually pieces of sentences which have been taken away from the main clause of a story and are missing either a verb or subject. A complete sentence is like the opposite of the Introductory phrase. It has its own verb, and it has its own subject, and it does not need anything to rely on. “I walk to school every morning” is a complete sentence because it has a verb and a subject. The verb in the sentence is “walk” and the subject is walking to school every day. “The tall tree, the one that I loved to climb” is a sentence fragment because it has no verb for the subject of the tree. “In the meantime, there was a car.” The introductory phrase in this small sentence is “in the meantime” because it does not have a subject and/or verb in it.
Test Questions
1) What is the difference between a complete sentence and a sentence fragment?
a – A complete sentence is a sentence that has 10 words, and a sentence fragment only has only 3 words.
b – A complete sentence is a sentence that has at least 2 verbs with a subject and a sentence fragment has only one verb and no subject.
c – A complete sentence has a main subject and verb with a complete thought and a sentence fragment is missing its verb or subject.
d – None of the above
2) “The time of wonder and amazement”, is an example of?
a – Sentence fragment
b – Introductory phrase
c – Complete Sentence
d – None of the above
3) “In the End, we all felt like we ate too much”, is an example of?
a – Sentence Fragment
b – Introductory Phrase
c – Complete Sentence
d – None of the Above
4) Which one of these signals to the reader the central of the message is yet to come?
a – Sentence Fragment
b – Introductory Phrase
c – Complete Sentence
d – None of the above
5) What do you need to have a complete sentence?
a – Capitalization
b –proper punctuation
c – A verb and a subject
d -All the above