Name: ___________________________
Sentence Diagramming: Adjectives, Adverbs and Articles
Adjectives, adverbs and articles describe, or modify, other words in a sentence. When you diagram a
sentence, you write the adjective, adverb or article on a slanted line underneath the word it describes
or modifies.
Example: The blue chair broke.
ue
bl
e
Th
Diagram each sentence below.
broke
chair
1. He ate quickly.
2. The girl softly laughed.
3. A scary dog barked loudly.
4. The big black cat purrs.
5. An ugly snail crawled slowly.
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Key
Name: ___________________________
Sentence Diagramming: Adjectives, Adverbs and Articles
Adjectives, adverbs and articles describe, or modify, other words in a sentence. When you diagram a
sentence, you write the adjective, adverb or article on a slanted line underneath the word it describes
or modifies.
broke
chair
Example: The blue chair broke.
e
ue
bl
Th
Diagram each sentence below.
1. He ate quickly.
He
ate
y
kl
ic
qu
2. The girl softly laughed.
girl
laughed
so
y
e
ftl
Th
3. A scary dog barked loudly.
dog
barked
ly
y
ar
ud
lo
sc
A
4. The big black cat purrs.
cat
purrs
ac
bl
g
bi
e
Th
k
5. An ugly snail crawled slowly.
snail
crawled
ow
sl
ly
ug
An
ly
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