my teacher says a complete sentence is not a fragment, so its a complete thought. anyway on a homework assignment it said 'write in complete sentences!!'. i did, and the teacher marked all of them wrong!! when i asked her why she said they werent complete sentences, but they were. she told me that a complete sentence 'rephrases' the question. that doesnt make sense. why would you rephrase the question when its right there?! for example:
1. where is the white city located?
A:the white city is located ___________.
why are we supposed to rephrase the question? we dont rephrase the question in conversations. is it just to make us write more? or is my teacher crazy?
2006-10-29 13:44:18 · 7 answers · asked by dinky 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
A complete sentence contains a subject and a predicate.
The dog ran across the street.
dog = subject.
ran across the street = predicate.
Your teacher wants you to rephrase the question to understand how sentence structure works. So, when you restate a question as a statement, it shows you can command sentence structure. For example, you can ask the following question in many ways...
"You like baseball?"
"Do you like baseball?"
"Is baseball a sport you enjoy?"
And then you can rewrite the questions as statements...
"You like baseball."
"Baseball is a sport you enjoy."
"You enjoy baseball."
I went through it, she went through it. It's just a nice way to keep up with practice. Just listen to your sentences when you read them out loud, and make sure you can identify WHO or WHAT the sentence is about and WHAT he/she/it is doing. For example, these are incomplete sentences. How could you make them complete? Either way, she's doing it to help you in the long run. Just practice, practice, practice.
"The dog ___ in the park."
"___ sings in the choir."
"The boy ___ the tree."
2006-10-29 13:50:42 · answer #1 · answered by Mr. Jankovich 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, you don't rephrase the question in normal conversation, and your teacher was not clear on the assignment but this is a thing your going to have all through high school. It says complete sentences, but thats not what they mean, they mean make the answer spo that someone who doesn't know the question can understand what you're talking about
2006-10-29 13:55:03 · answer #2 · answered by ****Lily**** 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think a complete sentence only needs a subject and verb. The 1st, "Softly falls the night", is a complete sentence, because it has a subject (night) and verb (falls) It's just worded differently. I guess we would say "The night falls softly" "Canada's highest mountain, Mount Logan" doesn't have a verb, so it's a fragment. "Think before signing" is a command, so it's a complete sentence. I'm pretty sure that's right... Hope this helps! :)
2016-05-22 06:30:44 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, teachers always ask for that. Complete sentences when answering a question. It's like that all over the world. Just go with it; things aren't going to change!
2006-10-29 22:02:29 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm guessing you're the teacher. LOL. A complete sentence contains a noun and a verb: She listens. Why don't you ask your teacher the question you posted here?
2006-10-29 13:58:18 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
a complete sentence always has a subject and a verb, if she wants you to rephrase the question, then she doesn't know what she's talking about if she wants you to answer the question with a "complete sentence" then your answer should contain a subject and a verb.
2006-10-29 13:51:34 · answer #6 · answered by Scammi 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We had to do that too. You may as well do it so you don't have to hear about it , then re-do it, listen to his/her crap, and make your grade go down. You will never win over a teacher, I'll tell you that right now. Do well in school, it will pay off later, even if you think the teacher is crazy. Alot of them are!!!
2006-10-29 13:50:18 · answer #7 · answered by mabell1025 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋