DIAGRAMMING SENTENCES
BY: KAITLYN AND SHAINA
Dogs run.
Dogs
run
This is the verb.
This is the subject.
Big horses eat quickly.
horses
eat
This is an adjective
(they modify nouns
and pronouns)
This is
an adverb (they
modify verbs,
adjectives and
other adverbs)
I ran in the forest.
I
The sentence base is
placed on a
horizontal line.
ran
The vertical line
goes through the
horizontal line.
Bill and Bob ran.
Bob
and
Bill
ran
This is the vertical
line. It goes through
the horizontal line.
This is a
conjunction.
Three deer and two
elk ran and jumped.
deer
ran
and
and
elk
The diagonal line is
for the adjectives
and the adverbs.
They are called
modifiers.
jumped
The boy and the girl
ran at the track.
This is a
prepositional
phrase.
and
boy
girl
ran
the track
boy
The boy with the smile and
the girl with the curls talked.
and
talked
girl
This is a conjunction.
This is a prepositional phrase
I threw the ball.
I
This is a
horizontal
base line.
threw
ball
This is an adverb
Jim and Jerry ate a sub.
This the direct object.
and
Jim
ate
Jerry
This is a conjunction
sub
Bill cut some wood.
Bill
cut
This is the vertical line
which goes through the
horizontal.
wood
This is a
noun
Fish ate the minnow.
Fish
ate
minnow
This is the line used for the
adjectives and adverbs.
This is the vertical line it goes
through the horizontal line
My mom and my dad drove the big car.
This is a conjunction
This is a noun
and
mom
dad
drove
car
The girls and the boys ran quickly.
and
girls
ran
boys
This is a conjunction
This is an adverb.
The girls and the boys threw the ball.
This is the subject
and
girls
boys
threw
ball
The creepy bugs and the crawling
insects flew silently in the night.
bugs
and
flew
night
insects
This is a
conjunction
This is a prepositional
phrase
Mr. Heidebrink caught the ball.
Mr. Heidebrink
This is the subject
caught
This is an adverb
ball
I read a big book with a great ending.
I
read
book
great ending
This is the horizontal line
This is a prepositional
phrase
Tall girls shoot the basketball.
girls
shoot
basketball
This is an adjective
This is an
adverb
Tall girls run quickly.
girls
run
Subject
Verb
I saw an elk and a buck in the forest.
This is a
conjunction
saw
and
I
elk
buck
forest
This is a prepositional
phrase
She is beautiful.
This is the linking verb
She
This is the Subject
is
beautiful
They are funny.
This is a linking verb
They
are
funny
This is the vertical line it goes through the horizontal line.
The boys are funny and happy.
funny
are
and
boys
happy
This is a conjunction
This is a adjectives
This orange tastes different.
This is the subject
orange
tastes
different
This is the horizontal line
My friends from collage seem nervous.
This is the subject
friends
seem
This is a prepositional phrase
nervous
I will be happy in the
summer with my friends.
I
will
happy
This is prepositional phrase
Diagramming is fun.
Diagramming
is
fun
This is the Verb
This is the vertical line
Mr. Hoglund threw the ball.
This is an action verb
Mr. Hoglund
This is the subject
threw
ball
Diagramming is boring and dull.
boring
is
and
Diagramming
dull
This is the subject
This is a
conjunction
Mr. Hoglund is really tall.
Mr. Hoglund
This is the horizontal line
is
tall
This is the vertical line it goes
through the horizontal line
The boys and the girls in this
class are funny.
and
boys
funny
are
class
girls
This is a conjunction
This is a prepositional phrase
Mr. Hoglund has three classes
of students.
Mr. Hoglund
has
classes
This is a prepositional phrase
This is the subject
He likes my class.
He
likes
class
This is the subject
This is the horizontal line
I am Mr. Hoglund’s favorite student.
I
am
This is the
horizontal line
This is the vertical line
favorite
He says nice things about me
to his friends.
He
says
things
These are prepositional phrases
I threw him the ball.
I
threw
ball
him
This is the subject
This is the horizontal line
I read my brother a book.
read
I
book
brother
This is the subject
This is the prepositional phrase
I play in the summer,
and I ski in the winter.
play
I
summer
and
These are the
subjects
I
ski
winter
This is the subject
I
he
I fish with my brother
because he is fun.
fish
brother
is
This is the linking verb
fun
THE
END!