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,