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00:00Way hey, today we are going to learn about sentence fragments.
00:06Oh, how cool is that? Sentence fragments.
00:10Well, as we mentioned earlier, today we are going to learn about sentence fragments.
00:18Ah, the beach is so wonderful, isn't it?
00:21Don't you just love the beach?
00:23I'm standing here with my shopping cart and there's one word that comes to mind.
00:29When I'm standing here looking at the sun setting, this is complete.
00:34What else could you want? You're standing on a beach, don't make fun of the shopping cart.
00:38You know, I might find something on the beach, okay?
00:41You don't bring a shopping cart to the beach? That's weird, okay?
00:44I've got a shopping cart, I feel complete.
00:47This is complete to me. This makes me feel happy.
00:54You know, sentences can be like that too.
00:57You see, sentences like to be complete. They love to be complete.
01:02A sentence always has a subject and a verb.
01:07A sentence wants to be complete because without a subject and a verb, it's not a sentence anymore.
01:13In fact, it's something else. It's a sentence fragment.
01:16But let me not get too far ahead of myself.
01:18Always remember, a sentence has to have a subject and a verb.
01:27Kind of like every cool birthday party has to have a baby and Chomsky.
01:32I mean, a baby maybe. Chomsky, I haven't forgotten about the hat.
01:37I haven't forgotten about the hat yet.
01:42You can come to my party, but it's still raw. It still hurts.
01:50Alright, let's get back again.
01:51So a sentence always has a subject and a verb.
01:57That means a sentence is a group of words that has a subject and a verb.
02:04It needs to have both. Otherwise, it's not a sentence.
02:07A sentence is a group of words that has a subject and a verb.
02:13Like this. The dog plays catch.
02:17Does it have a subject and a verb?
02:20Yeah, the subject is the word dog.
02:24And the verb is which word?
02:27Which word is the verb?
02:30Yeah, plays.
02:35This is a sentence. It has a subject and a verb.
02:38Which means it's expressing a complete thought.
02:42This is complete. There's a subject, there's a verb, we know what's going on.
02:46And there's no way this dog is catching this ball.
02:49Or maybe this dog will catch the ball. Who knows?
02:52Let us know in the comments which one you think will happen.
02:55You think he's going to catch it?
02:56Or do you think it's going to fall to the ground?
02:59Who knows? But this is a sentence.
03:02This is complete. It has a subject and a verb. It's a sentence.
03:08Or look at this one. The pig swims with a friend.
03:13The pig swims with a friend.
03:17Is there a subject and is there a verb as well?
03:20Well yeah, the subject is pig. The pig.
03:25But is there a verb? Which word is the verb?
03:29Yeah, swims.
03:32So this has a subject and a verb.
03:39This is a sentence.
03:41I mean it's got a subject and it's got a verb.
03:44And it's expressing a complete thought.
03:47It's not missing anything. It's complete.
03:50It's got the subject. It's got the verb. It is a sentence.
03:56So what happens if a group of words is missing a subject or a verb?
04:04Well then it's kind of like me on the beach without my shopping cart.
04:08You know? It's missing something.
04:12A sentence fragment is a group of words that is missing a subject or a verb.
04:18That's what it's called. It's a sentence fragment when it's missing something.
04:22When it's just part of a sentence. It's missing something.
04:25It's not a complete sentence. It's a sentence fragment.
04:31Kind of like being on the beach without my cart.
04:35A sentence fragment is incomplete. It's missing something.
04:40We're going to show you some sentence fragments so you can see that they're incomplete.
04:45They're missing something. They're missing either a subject or a verb.
04:52Alright. I'm ready to look at them.
04:57Sentence fragments are groups of words that are missing something.
05:01Like this. The book under the table.
05:04What? The book under the table? Where's the verb?
05:08There's no verb. It has a subject, the book, but there's no verb.
05:11It doesn't tell us what's going on with the book.
05:14What about the book under the table?
05:16There's so many unanswered questions. This is not a complete thought.
05:20The book under the table is a sentence fragment.
05:28Or how about this one? Ran to school.
05:31Ran to school? It doesn't have a subject.
05:35Who ran to school? We have so many questions about this.
05:38This is not a complete thought. It doesn't tell us who it's talking about.
05:43Every sentence has to have a subject and a verb.
05:46This has the verb ran, but it doesn't have a subject.
05:49Ran to school is not a complete sentence. It's a sentence fragment.
05:56Look at this one. The old car on the road.
06:00Wait a second. This doesn't have a verb.
06:03The old car on the road? It's missing something, isn't it?
06:07It's a sentence fragment.
06:10It's not telling us what the old car on the road is doing.
06:13It's just saying the old car on the road.
06:16Well, what about it? What about it? What is the old car on the road doing?
06:20This is a sentence fragment.
06:23It's a group of words that's missing something.
06:27And our final sentence fragment is...
06:31Mr. Whiskers, on Thursday...
06:34Wait a second.
06:37What?
06:39Mr. Whiskers, what did you do on Thursday?
06:42It's a sentence fragment. I don't know.
06:45I don't... What did you do?
06:47Mr. Whiskers, you don't speak English, do you?
06:50I have no idea what you did on Thursday.
06:52I hate sentence fragments because they don't give you all the information.
06:56There's no verb. I don't know what Mr. Whiskers did on Thursday.
06:59That's not a complete sentence. You gotta have a subject and a verb.
07:03Mr. Whiskers, please. I hope you're safe.
07:08You know, I go to the beach with my shopping cart on Thursdays and everything.
07:14To review, a sentence fragment is a group of words that is missing a subject or a verb.
07:22Now, a sentence always has a subject and a verb.
07:30A sentence fragment, though, is missing either a subject or a verb.
07:37A sentence fragment is missing something.
07:41Wow! We are super proud of you!
07:46Now you know what a sentence fragment is.
07:48You know that a sentence fragment is a group of words that is missing a subject or a verb.
07:53And you know that a sentence has both a subject and a verb.
07:57A sentence shares a complete thought, but a sentence fragment is missing something.
08:02Pretty cool, huh?
08:03So the next time somebody says something to you that isn't a complete thought,
08:07you can say, hey, that was a sentence fragment because that was missing something.