Whats the

Scoop?
Sentence or Fragment
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An incomplete sentence

Fragment

a complete thought.
Tells what a person,
place or thing does

Sentence

Fragment

The parlor sells

vanilla ice cream.

Sentence

Scoops ice cream.

My mom makes
ice cream with milk
and sugar.

Walks into the

parlor.

Mom bakes a peach

pie.

The baker puts

cinnamon on the
pie.

Puts ice cream on

the pie.

Is so good!

Bakes in the oven.

Sherry eats ice

cream all day.

Name: __________________________

Date: __________________________

Whats the Scoop? Sentence or Fragment

Sentence

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2. ________________________________
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4.________________________________
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Fragment
1. _______________________________
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2. ________________________________
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3. ________________________________
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4.________________________________
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5. ________________________________
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Name: __________________________

Date: __________________________

Whats the Scoop? Sentence or Fragment

Directions: Write S (sentence) is the statement is a complete thought. Write F
(fragment) if the statement is an incomplete thought.
1. Many people like ice cream. _____
2. People make ice cream with milk and sugar. _____
3. Puts on pie. ____
4. Vanilla ice cream is the best. _____
5. Soft when you scoop it. _____
6. Uses an ice cream machine. _____
7. Ice cream is very easy to make. _____
8. Jane eats ice cream when it is hot. _____
9. Melts when its hot. ____
10. On Friday. ____
11. Mike does not like ice cream. _____
12. In a bowl. _____
13. Jill eats her ice cream out of a waffle cone. _____
14. Daddy gave us two scoops of strawberry ice cream.
15. Cookies. ____

Name: ___ANSWER KEY____

Date: __________________________

Whats the Scoop? Sentence or Fragment

Directions: Write S (sentence) is the statement is a complete thought. Write F
(fragment) if the statement is an incomplete thought.
1. Many people like ice cream. S
2. People make ice cream with milk and sugar. S
3. Puts on pie. F
4. Vanilla ice cream is the best. S
5. Soft when you scoop it. F
6. Uses an ice cream machine. F
7. Ice cream is very easy to make. S
8. Jane eats ice cream when it is hot. S
9. Melts when its hot. F
10. On Friday. F
11. Mike does not like ice cream. S
12. In a bowl. F
13. Jill eats her ice cream out of a waffle cone. S
14. Daddy gave us two scoops of strawberry ice cream. S
15. Cookies. F