Question

identifying complete sentences
is it a sentence or a fragment? dont look at capital letters or punctuation. look for a subject and a predicate.
drag into the box any of the examples that are complete sentences.
because the gray - haired man in the raincoat bumped into her.
i will shine these shoes today.
reached the top of the mountain!
the rainbow stretched across the sky.
complete sentences

Explanation:

To identify complete sentences, we check for a subject (who/what the sentence is about) and a predicate (what the subject does or is).

• "Because the gray - haired man in the raincoat bumped into her." is a fragment as it starts with a subordinating conjunction and doesn't express a complete thought on its own.
• "I will shine these shoes today." has a subject "I" and a predicate "will shine these shoes today" (expresses what the subject will do), so it's a complete sentence.
• "Reached the top of the mountain!" is a fragment as there's no subject (we don't know who reached the mountain).
• "The rainbow stretched across the sky." has a subject "The rainbow" and a predicate "stretched across the sky" (expresses what the rainbow did), so it's a complete sentence.

Answer:

I will shine these shoes today.
The rainbow stretched across the sky.