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Diagramming sentences

Diagramming sentences. simple subjects and simple predicates #1. SUBJECT: tells what a sentence is about PREDICATE: says something about the subject. baseline. vertical line. Example: Robins fly. Robins. fly. simple subject. s imple predicate.

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Diagramming sentences

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  1. Diagramming sentences

  2. simple subjects and simple predicates #1 • SUBJECT: tells what a sentence is about • PREDICATE: says something about the subject baseline vertical line

  3. Example: Robins fly. Robins fly simple subject simple predicate

  4. Understood you as the subject: in some sentences, the subject YOU is not stated, but it is understood. Place the understood subject in parentheses to the left of the vertical line. Ex. Sit. (you) Sit simple predicate (understood simple subject)

  5. Write each of the following and then diagram each. • Dolphins swim. • Wait! • Turn. • Tiffany jogs.

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