Tigers roar.
Tigers
Tigers
roar
Swallows will return.
Swallows
will return
A gorilla
gorilla gazes.
gorilla
A
gazes
Elephants amble.
Elephants
amble
The mosquitoes
mosquitoes bite.
mosquitoes
The
bite
My pencil
eraser disappeared.
pencil and eraser
pencil
My
eraser
disappeared
and
The girl and the boy
boy
shifted and fidgeted.
girl
shifted
the
boy
the
and
and
fidgeted
Henri
Henri listens and observes.
listens
Henri
and
observes
Burgers and fries
fries were distributed.
Burgers
Burgers
fries
and
were distributed
The house
house and the car
car
were bought and sold.
house
were bought
the
car
the
and
and
sold
tank can break.
A glass fish tank
tank
the
glass fish
can break
The big blue kite
kite soared.
kite
the
big
soared
blue
lifeguard
The tall, lanky lifeguard
stared and squinted.
stared
lifeguard
and
the
tall
lanky
squinted
Many young people
people can swim.
people
many
young
can swim
The tin pail
shovel
pail and the plastic shovel
disappeared.
pail
the tin
and
shovel
the
plastic
disappeared
Calvin
Calvin skated lightly.
Calvin
skated
lightly
The sauce
sauce splattered wildly.
sauce
the
splattered
wildly
That particular cheese
cheese spoiled
last week.
cheese
that
spoiled
particular
week
last
lid clanged
The pan
pan and its lid
very noisily.
pan
The
lid
its
and
clanged
noisily
very
The gasoline container
container exploded
forcefully.
container
The
gasoline
exploded
forcefully
APP
Terri Travis
Terri
Travis, the chairman, officiated.
Terri Travis (chairman)
the
officiated
APP
TikoTanaka
Tanaka, our mailman, passed by.
Tiko
Tiko Tanaka (mailman)
our
passed
by
APP
My dog,
dog the runt, was pushed down.
dog
My
(runt)
the
was pushed
down
APP
The new girl
girl, a very good student,
will graduate tomorrow.
girl
The new
(student) will graduate
a
good
very
tomorrow
Stubby McKenzie
Stubby
McKenzie, the fastest
player, will lead.
APP
Stubby McKenzie (player)
the fastest
will lead
PA
You should look calm
You
for this scene.
PREP PHRASE
You
should look
calm
for
scene
this
PA
Elsie became lonely
Frank
Frank and Elsie
during the winter.
during
Prep Phrase
Frank
lonely
became
and
Elsie
during
winter
the
PN
home is my castle.
My home
home
My
is
castle
my
The cheese
milk
cheese and the milk
PA
smell fresh.
cheese
the
and
milk
the
smell
fresh
PA
The plot
plot became
PA
difficult and anticlimactic.
difficult
plot became
The
and
anticlimactic
PA
PA
Tiffany
Tiffany is tallest and brightest
in
in
her family.
Prep Phrase
tallest
Tiffany
is
and
brightest
in
family
her
PN
Michigan
Michigan is my favorite state.
Michigan
is
state
my favorite
PN
He was appointed treasurer.
He
He was appointed treasurer
PN
The red-faced man
man is my uncle.
man
redthe faced
is
uncle
my
with the ponytail is
The girl
girl with
Prep Phrase
PN
the class clown.
girl
is
with
The
ponytail
the
clown
the
class
DO
The fire
fire cast strange shadows
across
across the room.
Prep Phrase
fire
cast
shadows
across
The
strange
room
the
DO
The choir
choir bought new outfits
for
for the
concert.
Prep Phrase
choir
The
bought
outfits
for
new
concert
the
DO
The sleigh rail
rail hits the roof
with a loud bang.
with
Prep Phrase
rail
The sleigh
hits
roof
the with
bang
a loud
DO
Ellen handled the hot torch
Ellen
with
with ease.
Ellen
handled
torch
with
the hot
ease
DO
The disc jockey
jockey picked his favorite song
on
on the list.
Prep Phrase
jockey
The
disc
picked
song
his favorite
on
list
the
IO
DO
decision left us a choice.
The referee’s decision
decision
The
left
choice
(to)
referee’s
us
a
IO
DO
We will bake my aunt a birthday cake.
We
will bake
(for)
aunt
my
cake
a
birthday
IO
My sister
sister handed my brother
DO
his football.
sister
My
handed
(to)
brother
my
football
his
IO
The waiter
waiter ordered the woman
DO
a plate of chop suey.
Prep Phrase
waiter
The
ordered
plate
(to)
a
woman
the
of
suey
chopped
IO
II built my dad a wooden lawn chair
DO
for
for Father’s Day.
I
built
chair
(for)
dad
my
a wooden
for
lawn Day
Father’s
DO
They
They considered Harvey the star
star
of the show.
of
They considered
Harvey
star
the
of
show
the
DO
chief
The mayor
mayor appointed Maria chief.
mayor
The
appointed
Maria
chief
DO
The town council
council will appoint Jed
mayor this evening.
mayor
council
The
town
will appoint
Jed
evening
this
mayor
DO
We
We
alderman
will elect Billy alderman.
We
will elect
Billy
alderman
DO
void
The judge
judge ruled the decision void.
judge
The
ruled
decision
The
void
Better Sentence Structure
Through…Diagramming
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Instructional Fair, Inc.
1995