Diagramming Sentences

1. Diagramming Sentences By: Kaitlyn and Shaina

2. Dogs run. Dogs run This is the verb. This is the subject.

3. Big horses eat quickly. horses eat Big quickly This is an adjective (they modify nouns and pronouns) This is an adverb (they modify verbs, adjectives and other adverbs)

4. I ran in the forest. ran I in theforest The sentence base is placed on a horizontal line. The vertical line goes through the horizontal line.

5. Bill and Bob ran. Bill and ran Bob This is the vertical line. It goes through the horizontal line. This is a conjunction.

6. Three deer and two elk ran and jumped. deer ran Three and and elk jumped The diagonal line is for the adjectives and the adverbs. They are called modifiers. two

7. The boy and the girl ran at the track. This is a prepositional phrase. boy and The ran at the track girl the

8. The boy with the smile and the girl with the curls talked. boy with The the smile and talked girl with the the curls This is a conjunction. This is a prepositional phrase

9. I threw the ball. I threw ball the This is a horizontal base line. This is an adverb

10. Jim and Jerry ate a sub. This the direct object. Jim sub ate and a Jerry This is a conjunction

11. Bill cut some wood. Bill cut wood some This is a noun This is the vertical line which goes through the horizontal.

12. Fish ate the minnow. Fish ate minnow the This is the line used for the adjectives and adverbs. This is the vertical line it goes through the horizontal line

13. My mom and my dad drove the big car. This is a conjunction This is a noun mom and drove car My dad the big my

14. The girls and the boys ran quickly. girls ran and The boys quickly the This is a conjunction This is an adverb.

15. The girls and the boys threw the ball. This is the subject and girls threw ball The boys the the

16. The creepy bugs and the crawling insects flew silently in the night. bugs and The flew creepy night insects in the silently crawling the This is a conjunction This is a prepositional phrase

17. Mr. Heidebrink caught the ball. Mr. Heidebrink caught ball This is an adverb the This is the subject

18. I read a big book with a great ending. read I book great ending with a a big This is the horizontal line This is a prepositional phrase

19. Tall girls shoot the basketball. girls shoot basketball Tall the This is an adjective This is an adverb

20. Tall girls run quickly. girls run Subject Verb Tall quickly

21. I saw an elk and a buck in the forest. This is a conjunction elk I saw and an buck a forest in the This is a prepositional phrase

22. She is beautiful. This is the linking verb is She beautiful This is the Subject

23. They are funny. This is a linking verb They funny are This is the vertical line it goes through the horizontal line.

24. The boys are funny and happy. funny are boys and happy The This is a conjunction This is a adjectives

25. This orange tastes different. This is the subject orange tastes different This is the horizontal line This

26. My friends from collage seem nervous. This is the subject seem nervous friends from collage My This is a prepositional phrase

27. I will be happy in the summer with my friends. I will happy be with in the summer my friends This is prepositional phrase

28. Diagramming is fun. Diagramming is fun This is the Verb This is the vertical line

29. Mr. Hoglund threw the ball. This is an action verb Mr. Hoglund threw ball the This is the subject

30. Diagramming is boring and dull. boring Diagramming is dull and This is a conjunction This is the subject

31. Mr. Hoglund is really tall. Mr. Hoglund is tall really This is the vertical line it goes through the horizontal line This is the horizontal line

32. The boys and the girls in this class are funny. boys and funny are The class girls in this the This is a prepositional phrase This is a conjunction

33. Mr. Hoglund has three classes of students. Mr. Hoglund has classes of students three This is a prepositional phrase This is the subject

34. He likes my class. He likes class my This is the subject This is the horizontal line

35. I am Mr. Hoglund’s favorite student. am I favorite Mr. Hoglund’s student This is the horizontal line This is the vertical line

36. He says nice things about me to his friends. says things He to about his friends me nice These are prepositional phrases

37. I threw him the ball. ball I threw him the This is the subject This is the horizontal line

38. I read my brother a book. read book I my brother a This is the subject This is the prepositional phrase

39. I play in the summer, and I ski in the winter. play I summer and in the These are the subjects I ski winter in the

40. I fish with my brother because he is fun. This is the subject brother I fish my with because is fun he This is the linking verb

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