DIAGRAMMING SENTENCES Capital Community College DIAGRAMMING SENTENCES Diagramming

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DIAGRAMMING SENTENCES © Capital Community College

DIAGRAMMING SENTENCES © Capital Community College

DIAGRAMMING SENTENCES Diagramming sentences provides a way of picturing the structure of a sentence.

DIAGRAMMING SENTENCES Diagramming sentences provides a way of picturing the structure of a sentence. By placing the various parts of a sentence in relation to the basic subject-verb relationship, we can see how the parts fit together and how the meaning of a sentence branches out. Most students who work at diagramming sentences derive a clearer understanding of how sentences work — as well as satisfaction in the pictorial rendering of sentence structure. © Capital Community College

Subjects and Verbs Sentence example: The teacher talked. 1. We begin with a straight

Subjects and Verbs Sentence example: The teacher talked. 1. We begin with a straight line: 2. The subject of a sentence is placed first: teacher 3. Then another line after the subject followed by the verb: teacher talked © Capital Community College

We are also going to label each part of the sentence. • (S) for

We are also going to label each part of the sentence. • (S) for subject, (LV) for Linking Verb and (AV) for Action Verb S AV teacher talked © Capital Community College

Compound Subjects and Verbs © Capital Community College

Compound Subjects and Verbs © Capital Community College

Alex and David laughed. Cathy smiled and laughed. © Capital Community College

Alex and David laughed. Cathy smiled and laughed. © Capital Community College

Prepositional phrases • Prepositional phrases go below the subject and verb line. Put them

Prepositional phrases • Prepositional phrases go below the subject and verb line. Put them where they occur in the sentence. © Capital Community College

Practice: Diagram the following sentences on the left side of your notebook. Remember to

Practice: Diagram the following sentences on the left side of your notebook. Remember to cross out Prepositional phrases (mentally) before finding the subject and verb. Label each subject (S) and verbs either (LV) for linking verb or (AV) for action verb. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. The girl with the brown hair is in my Algebra class. My teacher likes her because she is helpful. Sometimes she laughs at my jokes and talks very loud to her friends. Janet and Joe don’t like the class. The look very unhappy most of the time. The teacher helps them with their work after school. My dog and cat sleep and play all day. © Capital Community College

© Capital Community College

© Capital Community College

© Capital Community College

© Capital Community College

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