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.