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Sentence Diagramming

Pattern 1, 2, and 3Miss Johnson

Sentence Diagramming

• Sentence Diagramming: a way to see a sentence spatially; to place each word in its appropriate place as though sentences parts were pieces of a jigsaw puzzle

Subject – be verb – Adverb of Time or Place

• Shortened: s – be – adv/tp

• Uses some form of the be verb:• Is, am, are, was, were, be, being, been

• The be verb is the MAIN verb, not a helping verb

• Because it is a be verb, it must have some element to follow it in order to complete the idea

• REMEMBER: a prepositional phrase can function as an adverb

Subject – be verb – Adverb of Time or Place

Subject – be verb – Adverb of Time or Place

• Example #1• The king is

here.

Subject – be verb – Adverb of Time or Place

• Example #2• The king is on

the throne.

Subject – be verb – Adverb of Time or Place

• Example #3• The stapler is

on the desk.

Subject – be verb – Adverb of Time or Place

• Example #4• The graduation

party is today.

Subject – be verb – Adverb of Time or Place

• Example #5• The car is in

the garage.

Subject – be verb – Subjective Complement: Predicate Adjective

• Shortened: s – be – pa

• Uses some for of the be verb:• Is, am, are, was, were, be, being, been

• The be verb is the MAIN verb, not a helping verb

• Because it is a be verb, it must have some element to follow it in order to complete the idea

• REMEMBER: a prepositional phrase can function as an adjective

• Predicate Adjective: describes the subject

Subject – be verb – Subjective Complement: Predicate Adjective

Subject – be verb – Subjective Complement: Predicate Adjective

• Example #1• The king is generous.

Subject – be verb – Subjective Complement: Predicate Adjective

• Example #2• The king is happy.

Subject – be verb – Subjective Complement: Predicate Adjective

• Example #3• The is in a good mood.

Subject – be verb – Subjective Complement: Predicate Adjective

• Example #4• The music is extremely loud.

Subject – be verb – Subjective Complement: Predicate Adjective

• Example #5• That child is being

unreasonable.

Subject – be verb – Subjective Complement: Predicate Nominative

• Shortened: s – be – pn

• Uses some for of the be verb:• Is, am, are, was, were, be, being, been

• The be verb is the MAIN verb, not a helping verb

• Because it is a be verb, it must have some element to follow it in order to complete the idea

• REMEMBER: a prepositional phrase can function as an adverb

• Predicate Nominative: renames the subject; is identical with it

Subject – be verb – Subjective Complement: Predicate Nominative

Subject – be verb – Subjective Complement: Predicate Nominative

• Example #1• The king is a friend.

Subject – be verb – Subjective Complement: Predicate Nominative

• Example #2• The king is Henry VIII.

Subject – be verb – Subjective Complement: Predicate Nominative

• Example #3• My cat is a lover of tuna.

Subject – be verb – Subjective Complement: Predicate Nominative

• Example #4• Officers should be strict

disciplinarians.

Subject – be verb – Subjective Complement: Predicate Nominative

• Example #5• Our professor must have been a

genius.