Eliminating Sentence Fragments Practice Worksheet

 

 

Eliminate each of the following sentence fragments by making it a complete thought. Write the new sentence in the space provided.

 

  1. after getting our new pet

 

 

 

  1. painting my bedroom

 

 

 

3.  because it’s raining

 

 

 

  1. Seth’s best friend Tyler

 

 

 

  1. just like my older sister Megan

 

 

 

 

 

Use editing to eliminate the sentence fragments in the following paragraph, making a new separate sentence with each or tying the fragment to the sentence before or after it. Rewrite the paragraph on a piece of your own paper being certain to punctuate each sentence correctly.

 

 

                My birthday is coming up at the end of the month. I’m having a party at the YMCA. Inviting four friends and my cousin Alex. We will swim and play volleyball. Open gifts and eat cake and ice cream. Later my parents and I will go to a nice restaurant for supper. My grandparents too.