Transcript Diagramming Sentences Subjects and Verbs

Diagramming
Sentences
Subjects and Verbs
• To diagram a sentence, first find the
simple subject and the simple predicate, or
verb, and write them on a horizontal line.
• Keep the capital letters but leave out the
punctuation marks, except in cases such as
Mr. and April 5, 2011.
• Write the following diagram example in
your notes for this sentence.
Horses gallop.
Horses gallop
Questions
• To diagram a question, first make the
question into a statement. Then diagram
the sentence.
• Remember that in a diagram, the subject
always comes first, even if it does not
come first in the sentence.
• Write the following diagram example in
your notes for this sentence.
Are you going?
you
Are going
Understood Subjects
• To diagram an imperative sentence,
place the understood subject you in
parentheses on the horizontal line.
• Write the following diagram example in
your notes for this sentence.
Clean your room. (you) Clean
Simple Diagramming Practice
• Gwendolyn Brooks has been the poet
laureate of Illinois.
• My friend Angela just returned from
California.
• Listen to her stories about her
adventures.
• Have you ever been to California?
• She really enjoyed her trip.
Compound Subjects
• To diagram a compound subject, put the
subjects on parallel lines.
• Then put the connecting word (the
conjunction) on a dotted line that joins
the subject lines.
• Write the following diagram example in
your notes for this sentence.
Sharks and eels can be dangerous.
Compound Verbs
• To diagram a compound verb, put the two
verbs on parallel lines.
• Then join them by a dotted line on which
you write the connecting word.
• Write the following diagram examples in
your notes for the following sentences.
The cowboy swung into the saddle
and rode away.
Alice Walker has written many books
and received several prizes for them.
Compound Subjects and
Compound Verbs
• A sentence with both a compound subject and
a compound verb combines the patterns of
each.
• Sometimes parts of a compound subject or
compound verb are joined by correlative
conjunctions, such as both…and
• Write the following diagram examples in your
notes for the following sentences.
• Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King, Jr.,
saw a problem and did something about it.
• Both Kylie and Shane can sing.
Compound Subject and Verb
Practice
• Everyone knows and likes Mr. Karras.
• Hurricanes and tornadoes are frequent
during the summer.
• Jack and Rose were frying tortillas and
grating cheese for the tacos.
• Both Jade and Amy have written stories
about their childhoods.
• Elena and I grabbed our jackets and
took the bus to the mall.
Adjectives
• Adjectives are written on slanted lines
connected to the word or words they
modify.
• Possessive pronouns are diagrammed in
the same way adjectives are.
• Write the following diagram example in
your notes for the following sentence.
• A huge silver spaceship landed in the
field.
Adverbs
• Adverbs are written on slanted lines
connected to the word or words they
modify.
• When an adverb modifies an adjective or
another adverb, it is placed on a line
connected to the word it modifies.
• Write the diagram example in your notes
for the following sentence.
• This extremely rare record will almost
certainly cost a great deal.
Conjunctions and Modifiers
• When a modifier applies to only one part
of the compound subject, it is
diagrammed as follows.
• Benjamin Davis, Sr., and his son
worked hard and rose quickly through
the military.
• When a conjunction joins two modifiers,
it is diagrammed as follows.
• The English and American musicians
played slowly and quite beautifully.
Adjective and Adverb Practice
• The determined young Frederick
Douglas certainly worked hard.
• The talented actress spoke loudly and
clearly.
• Susan and her sister will arrive early
tomorrow.
• The best musicians always play here.
• Generally that glue does not work very
well.
Direct Objects
• A direct object is diagrammed on the
horizontal line with the subject and
verb.
• A vertical line separated the direct
object from the verb.
• This line does not cross the horizontal
line.
• Write the diagram examples in your
notes for the following sentences.
• We like pizza.
• Lizards eat flies and earthworms.
Indirect Objects
• An indirect object is diagrammed on a
horizontal line beneath the verb.
• The verb and the indirect object are
joined by a slanting line.
• Write the diagram example in your
notes for the following sentences.
• Maria bought me a present.
• Tanya gave the singer and dancer
cues.
Direct and Indirect Object
Practice
• Several businesses bought our school
computer equipment.
• He sent the American Red Cross and
Good Will industries his extra clothes.
• My aunt knitted Violet and me sweaters.
• Kim drew us a quick sketch.
• Jerry and Wendie are organizing the
play and the refreshments.
Subject Complements
• A subject complement is diagrammed on the
horizontal line with the subject and the verb.
• It follows the linking verb.
• A line slanting toward the subject separated
the subject complement from the verb.
• Write the diagram examples for the following
sentences in your notes.
• Celine Dionne is a famous singer.
• Clara is a student and a volunteer nurse.
• She was extremely nice.
• We were tired but very happy.
Subject Complement Practice
Turtles are reptiles.
Their tough bills look sharp and strong.
Turtles may grow very old.
The alligator snapper is the largest
freshwater turtle.
• Few turtles are dangerous.
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Prepositional Phrases
• A prepositional phrase is diagrammed
below the word it modifies.
• Write the preposition on a slanting line
below the modified word.
• Then write the object of the
preposition on a horizontal line
connected to the slanting line.
Prepositional Phrase Examples
• The tour extends across the country
and around the world.
• Richard Wright wrote one of the books
on that subject.
Prepositional Phrase Practice
• The director of that movie about the Civil
War was chosen for an Academy Award.
• A play about Cleopatra will be performed
tonight.
• Leroy practices with his band and by
himself.
• Stevie Wonder has written songs about
love and freedom.
• The scientist worked late into the night.
Subordinate Clauses: Adjective
Clauses
• Diagram an adjective clause by connecting
it with a broken line to the word it
modifies.
• Draw the broken line between the relative
pronoun and the word it relates to.
• Write the following diagram example in
your notes for the this sentence.
• The students whose projects are
selected will attend the regional contest.
Subordinate Clauses: Adverb
Clauses
• Diagram an adverb clause by using a broken
line to connect the adverb clause to the
word it modifies.
• Place the subordinating conjunction that
introduces the adverb clause on the
broken line.
• Write the following diagram example in
your notes for this sentence.
• If I study for two more hours, I will
finish my homework.
Subordinate Clause Practice
• Proverbs are sayings that usually give
advice.
• Because the day was very hot, the cool
water felt good.
• The problem that worries us now is the
pollution of underground sources of water.
• If it does not rain tomorrow, we will visit
Crater Lake.
• Janice and Linda found some empty seats
as the movie started.
Diagramming Compound
Sentences
• The second independent clause in a
compound sentence is diagrammed below
the first and is joined to it by a
coordinating conjunction.
• Write the following diagram example in
your notes for this sentence.
• Ossie Davis wrote the play, and Ruby
Dee starred in it.
Compound Sentence Practice
• We went to the mall, and everyone had a
good time.
• Miriam celebrates Hanukkah, and she told
our class about the holiday.
• Luis Alvarez was an atomic scientist, but
his son became a geologist.
• Do you like football, or do you prefer
soccer?
• Sandy Koufax is my baseball hero, but my
sister prefers Hank Aaron.