diagraming basic sentence parts
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DIAGRAMING BASIC SENTENCE PARTS
A PICTORIAL REPRESENTATION OF A
SENTENCE IS CALLED A DIAGRAM.
IT CAN HELP YOU VISUALIZE A
SENTENCE’S STRUCTURE.
SUBJECTS, VERBS, AND MODIFIERS
TO DIAGRAM A SUBJECT AND A VERB:
Malcolm should have volunteered.
They came.
ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS
The very large bird glided surprisingly
gracefully.
bird glided
IMPERATIVE SENTENCE
Call home soon.
(you) Call
Dance gracefully.
(you) Dance
INVERTED SENTENCES
Does Mark dance well?
Mark Does dance
Has Regina telephoned yet?
Regina Has telephoned
There is a stranger here.
There
stranger is
There is a concert there.
There
concert is
Hey, Diana, hurry up!
Hey
Diana
(you) hurry
INTERJECTION
DIRECT ADDRESS
My, Adrian, you look awesome!
My
Adrian
you look
SHOW THE DIAGRAM OF EACH
SENTENCE:
1. She dances well.
2. Her extremely high fever finally
dropped.
3. My, there goes one expensive
automobile.
ADDING CONJUNCTIONS
Conjunctions are generally shown
in a diagram on a dotted line between
the words which they connect.
The long and difficult report was
read quickly but not easily.
report was read
and but
Show the diagram:
The horses neighed
nervously and shied away.
SHOW THE DIAGRAM OF
EACH SENTENCE:
1.Is my notebook here?
2.The giant python slithered
silently.
3.Her letter, scented and pink,