Question

read the sentence.
the pirate who sailed his ship in the atlantic ocean pilfering from british naval ships and irritating the british navy.
what is the best evaluation of the sentence?
○ the sentence is incomplete because it lacks a complete subject.
○ the sentence is incomplete because it lacks a complete predicate.
○ the sentence is incomplete because it lacks a direct object.
○ the sentence is incomplete because it lacks a indirect object.

Explanation:

The sentence has a complete subject ("The pirate who sailed his ship in the Atlantic Ocean"), but the verbs "pilfering" and "irritating" are participles that do not function as a finite main verb to form a complete predicate. A complete predicate needs a finite verb to express a complete action/state for the subject, which this sentence is missing.

Answer:

The sentence is incomplete because it lacks a complete predicate.