Question

Definition of a Complete Sentence

A complete sentence must have a subject and predicate and express a complete idea.
You can write a complete sentence with just two words in it: 1) a verb that expresses an action or a state of being, and 2) a noun that performs the action.

EXAMPLE:
Eagles swooped.

• What is the action? swooped
• swooped is the predicate.
• What performs the action? Eagles
• Eagles is the subject.

Choose the complete sentence(s).
A)We tried.
B) Need more.
C) Loving this.

Answer 1

The complete sentences are:

A) We tried.

B) Need more.

A complete sentence must have both a subject and a predicate and express a complete idea. In each of these sentences, there is a subject (We, Need) and a predicate (tried, more) that together express a complete idea.

Option C) Loving this. is not a complete sentence because it does not have a subject. The word "loving" is a present participle, which cannot function as a predicate on its own. A sentence needs a subject and a predicate to be complete.