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Lesson Three: Simple Sentences and Simple Sentences with

Compound Direct Objects.

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Bob bought a book.

Bob bought book

a

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Bob bought a newspaper.

Bob bought newspaper

a

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Bob bought a magazine.

Bob bought magazine

a

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Bob bought a book, a newspaper, and a magazine.

Bob bought

book

newspaper

magazine

and

aa

a

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Now you try it. Diagram each of the following three sentences. Then combine them into one sentence.

1. Alberto ate a sandwich.

2. Alberto ate a tomato.

3. Alberto ate an apple.

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Alberto ate a sandwich.

Alberto ate

a sandwich

First, identify the simple subject of the sentence by clicking on its button.

Simple Subject

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I’ll bet you get it next time. Click on the button below to go back and get the right answer.

Whoops!

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Alberto ate a sandwich.

Alberto ate

a sandwich

Good, now identify the simple predicate of the sentence by clicking on its button.

AlbertoSimple

predicate

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Alberto ate a sandwich.

Alberto ate

a sandwich

That’s right, now identify the direct object of the sentence by clicking on its button.

Alberto ate Direct object

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Alberto ate a sandwich.

Alberto ate

a sandwich

You’ve almost finished. Now identify the adjective that modifies sandwich by clicking on its button.

Alberto ate sandwich

adjective

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Alberto ate a sandwich.

You did it again! Now try the next two

sentences.

Alberto ate sandwich

a

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Alberto ate a tomato.

Alberto ate

a tomato

First, identify the simple subject of the sentence by clicking on its button.

Simple Subject

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Alberto ate a tomato.

Alberto ate

a tomato

Good, now identify the simple predicate of the sentence by clicking on its button.

AlbertoSimple

predicate

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Alberto ate a tomato.

Alberto ate

a tomato

That’s right, now identify the direct object of the sentence by clicking on its button.

Alberto ate Direct object

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Alberto ate a tomato.

Alberto ate

a tomato

You’ve almost finished. Now identify the adjective that modifies sandwich by clicking on its button.

Alberto ate tomato

adjective

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Alberto ate a tomato.

You did it again! Now try the last sentence.

Alberto ate sandwich

a

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Alberto ate an apple.

Alberto ate

an apple

First, identify the simple subject of the sentence by clicking on its button.

Simple Subject

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Alberto ate an apple.

Alberto ate

an apple

Good, now identify the simple predicate of the sentence by clicking on its button.

AlbertoSimple

predicate

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Alberto ate an apple.

Alberto ate

an apple

That’s right, now identify the direct object of the sentence by clicking on its button.

Alberto ate Direct object

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Alberto ate an apple.

Alberto ate

an apple

You’ve almost finished. Now identify the adjective that modifies sandwich by clicking on its button.

Alberto ate apple

adjective

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Alberto ate an apple.

You did it again! Now let’s try to make these three

sentences more interesting.

Alberto ate apple

an

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Can you combine the three sentences into one good one?

1. Alberto ate a sandwich. 2. Alberto ate a

tomato. 3. Alberto ate an apple.

Click on the button of the best sentence.

Alberto ate a sandwich, a tomato, and an apple.

Alberto ate a sandwich and Alberto ate a tomato and Alberto ate an apple.

Alberto ate a sandwich and a tomato and Alberto ate an apple.

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Good! Now diagram your sentence. Here is the diagramming model you need to use.

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First identify the simple subject by clicking on its button.

Alberto ate a

sandwich a tomato

and an apple

Simple subject

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All right! Now identify the simple predicate by clicking on its button.

Alberto ate a

sandwich a tomato

and an apple

AlbertoSimple

predicate

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Good job! Now identify the first direct object by clicking on its button.

Alberto ate a

sandwich a tomato

and an apple

Alberto ate

Direct object

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OK! Now identify the second direct object by clicking on its button.

Alberto ate a

sandwich a tomato

and an apple

Alberto ate

sandwich

Direct object

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That’s it! Now identify the third direct object by clicking on its button.

Alberto ate a

sandwich a tomato

and an apple

Alberto ate

sandwich

Direct object

tomato

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That’s all of the direct objects! Now find the first adjective by clicking on its button.

Alberto ate a

sandwich a tomato

and an apple

Alberto ate

sandwich

apple

tomato

adjective

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Good! Now find the second adjective by clicking on its button.

Alberto ate a

sandwich a tomato

and an apple

Alberto ate

sandwich

apple

tomato

adjective

a

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Super! Now find the third adjective by clicking on its button.

Alberto ate a

sandwich a tomato

and an apple

Alberto ate

sandwich

apple

tomato

adjective

aa

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You’re almost done! Now find the conjunction that joins the direct objects by clicking on its button.

Alberto ate a

sandwich a tomato

and an apple

Alberto ate

sandwich

apple

tomato

an

aaconjunction

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…and here’s your completed sentence!

Alberto ate

sandwich

apple

tomato

an

aaand

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That was a tough one, but you did it!

Here’s your grade for this hard assignment:

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You successfully finished your third lesson: you’re truly a number one diagrammer!