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Title: Complete sentences

Grade: 8-a Lesson: S1-L1

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Step	Type	Explanation	Answer
1	Problem	Tired as a result of his long flight.
2	Clue	A complete sentence has a subject and predicate forming a complete thought.
3	Hint	The sentence is a fragment because it lacks a main clause. It begins with a participle phrase(Tired as a result of his long flight), but it doesn’t have a subject and a main verb to form a complete thought.
4	Sumup	Can you summarize what you’ve understood in the above steps?
5	Choice.A	Tired as a result of his long flight. The phrase "Tired as a result of his long flight." is a sentence fragment. It lacks a main clause, which is necessary for a complete sentence. To correct it, you could add a main clause to provide a complete thought.	No change
6	Choice.B	Tired, as a result of his long flight. The use of a comma after "Tired" creates a comma splice and this phrase does not have a complete main clause.	Tired,
7	Choice.C	As a result of his long flight. The phrase "As a result of his long flight" is not inherently grammatically incorrect. when used as a standalone sentence, it functions as a sentence fragment. A complete sentence typically includes a subject and a predicate to convey a complete thought.	As
8	Choice.D	He was tired as a result of his long flight. This sentence includes a subject ("He") and a main verb ("was"), making it a grammatically correct sentence.	He was tired
9	Step:	Correct sentence	He was tired as a result of his long flight.
10	Answer	Option	D
11	Sumup	Can you summarize what you’ve understood in the above steps?

Step

Type

Explanation

Answer

Problem

Tired as a result of his long flight.

Clue

A complete sentence has a subject and predicate forming a complete thought.

Hint

The sentence is a fragment because it lacks a main clause. It begins with a participle phrase(Tired as a result of his long flight), but it doesn’t have a subject and a main verb to form a complete thought.

Sumup

Can you summarize what you’ve understood in the above steps?

Choice.A

Tired as a result of his long flight.

The phrase "Tired as a result of his long flight." is a sentence fragment. It lacks a main clause, which is necessary for a complete sentence. To correct it, you could add a main clause to provide a complete thought.

No change

Choice.B

Tired, as a result of his long flight.

The use of a comma after "Tired" creates a comma splice and this phrase does not have a complete main clause.

Tired,

Choice.C

As a result of his long flight.

The phrase "As a result of his long flight" is not inherently grammatically incorrect. when used as a standalone sentence, it functions as a sentence fragment. A complete sentence typically includes a subject and a predicate to convey a complete thought.

Choice.D

He was tired as a result of his long flight.

This sentence includes a subject ("He") and a main verb ("was"), making it a grammatically correct sentence.

He was tired

Step:

Correct sentence

He was tired as a result of his long flight.

Answer

Option

Sumup

Can you summarize what you’ve understood in the above steps?

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