Fragmented sentences (also called ‘fragments’) occur when a sentence is missing an important word like a verb or subject.
Here are some examples of fragments:
- The government’s responsibility.
- Asked the teacher for more homework.
- After he finished the test.
- The last one in the room.
In the fragments above, we can see that the sentence is not complete, it does not express a ‘full’ idea. They could have been written like this:
- It is the government’s responsibility.
- He asked the teacher for more homework.
- After he finished the test, he went home.
- The last one in the room should turn off the light.