Question

Tell which of the following is a sentence fragment.

Sentence 1: The dogs enjoying their bones.

Sentence 2: The dogs were enjoying their bones.

Sentence 3: We saw the dogs enjoying their bones.

Answers:

Sentence 1

Sentence 2

Sentence 3

They are all sentence fragments.

Answer 1

Answer:

sentence 1

Explanation:

sentences 2 and 3 convey complete thoughts. whereas sentence 1 does not. imagine a stranger coming out of the blue and saying "The dogs enjoying their bones", would you understand what they were talking about? No because it is not a complete thought.

Answer 2

Answer:

Sentence 1:The dogs enjoying their bones.

This is fragment sentence