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Sentence

Diagramming

1.0 Written and Oral

English Language

Conventions

Students write and

speak with a command

of standard English conventions appropriate to

this grade level.

The Sentence Diagram

A sentence diagram is a picture of how the parts of a sentence

fit together. It shows how the words in the sentence are related.

Subjects and Verbs

Reference Note

I For information on

subjects and verbs,

see Chapter 1.

To diagram a sentence, first find the simple subject and the verb

(simple predicate), and write them on a horizontal line. Then,

separate them with a vertical line.

EXAMPLES

The reporter dashed to the fire.

reporter

dashed

Have you been studying?

you

I

Have been studying

Notice that a diagram shows the capitalization but not the

punctuation of a sentence.

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Understood Subjects

To diagram an imperative sentence, place the understood subject

you in parentheses on the horizontal line.

EXAMPLE

Reference Note

I For information on

understood subjects,

Listen to the beautiful music.

see page 19.

I Listen

(you)

Exercise 1=-- Diagramming Simple Subjects and Verbs

Diagram only the simple subjects and the verbs in the following

sentences.

EXAMPLE

1. Midas is a character in Greek mythology.

Midas

I

is

1. Midas ruled the kingdom of Phrygia.

2. One of the gods gave Midas the power to turn anything

into gold.

3. Soon this gift became a curse.

4. Do you know why?

5. Read the story of King Midas in a mythology book.

Compound Subjects

EXAMPLES

Vines and weeds grew over the old well.

Reference Note

I For information on

Vines

compound subjects,

1

~~

a..

grew

see page 15.

weeds

Either Daphne or Teresa plans to report on Thailand.

Daphne

I

o : ~~

plans

.., 1 11>

Teresa

1 ..,

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Compound Verbs

Reference Note

EXAMPLE

We ran to the corner and barely caught the bus.

I For information on

ran

compound verbs,

see page 16.

I

We

l flJ

I :::::I

I Q.

caught

Compound Subjects and Compound Verbs

EXAMPLE

Ken and LaDonna dived into the water and swam

across the pool.

Ken

dived

I

I

l llJ

l llJ

I :::::I

I Q.

I :::::I

I Q.

La Donna

Exercise 2

swam

Diagramming Compound Subjects

and Compound Verbs

Diagram the subjects and the verbs in the following sentences.

EXAMPLE

1. Nikki and Chris chopped the cilantro and added it to

the salsa.

chopped

Nikki

I

Chris

..

I

l llJ

l llJ

I :::::I

I Q.

I :::::I

I Q.

I

I

added

1. Mr. Carrington collects aluminum cans and returns them

for recycling.

2. The students and the faculty combined their efforts and

defeated the proposal.

3. The plClne circled above the landing field but did not descend.

4. Pencil and paper are needed for tomorrow's math assignment.

5. Angela and her costar prepared for the scene.

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Adjectives and Adverbs

Reference Note

Both adjectives and adverbs are written on slanted lines below

the words they modify.

I For information on

adjectives and adverbs,

see page 38 and

page 61.

Adjectives

EXAMPLES

bright star

a special person

star

person

~

~

her favorite class

~

.

v

J HELP Possessive

nouns and pronouns are

diagrammed in the same

way adjectives are.

Two or more adjectives joined by a connecting word are

diagrammed this way:

EXAMPLE

Exercise_3

a lovely and quiet place

Diagramming Adjectives

Diagram the following word groups.

EXAMPLE

1. that old clock

clock

~

~

"'

1. mighty warrior

2. long, exciting movie

3. my final offer

4. short and funny story

5. the slow but persistent turtle

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Reference Note

Adverbs

I For information on

EXAMPLES

adverbs, see page 61.

studies hard

does not exercise daily

studies

does exercise

~

~

When an adverb modifies an adjective or another adverb, it

is placed on a line connected to the word it modifies.

EXAMPLES

extremely strong wind

tried rather hard

tried

wind

.s:~

~~~:1.-

~+.

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Exercise 4

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Diagramming Adverbs

Diagram the following word groups.

EXAMPLE

1. very seldom breaks

breaks

1. answered quickly

2.

3.

4.

5.

listened quite intently

dangerously sharp curve

may possibly happen

never plans very carefully

Review A

Diagramming Sentences That Contain

Adjectives and Adverbs

Diagram the following sentences.

EXAMPLE

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1. The blue car quickly swerved left.

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