Sentence Diagramming 101 This lesson will take you

Sentence Diagramming 101 This lesson will take you through the basic elements of sentence diagramming and will build up to more complex elements. Below, you can start at the point in the lesson of your choice: Simple Sentences Compound Subjects Review Quiz Compound Verbs

Intro to Simple Sentences Every sentence includes two key elements, a subject and a verb. A subject is made up of a noun or pronoun. For example, “I” is a subject. A verb is made up of a word that provides action. For example, “jumped” is a verb. As a result, “I jumped” is a simple sentence. Nouns Pronouns Verbs Simple Sentences

Nouns Definition: Names person, place, thing, or idea. Examples: student, runners, La. Bron James, team, Boyne City, movies, Finding Nemo, justice, honesty Click on the noun below: quarterback Pronouns sacked he Verbs threw Simple Sentences

Pronouns Definition: Takes place of one or more nouns or pronouns Examples: I, We, He, Those, everybody Click on the pronoun below: teacher Nouns old Verbs she so Simple Sentences

Verbs Definition: Shows action or state of being Action verb = Expresses physical or mental action Examples: paint, jump, write, throw, know Linking verb = Connects subject with word identifying or describing it Examples: appear, be, seem, become, feel, look, etc. Helping verb = be, have, may, can, were, will, etc. Nouns Pronouns Simple Sentences

Simple Sentence #1 Subject/Noun Birds Simple Sentence #2 Action Verb sing Sentence Diagramming 101: Main Menu

Simple Sentence #2 Subject/Noun students Th e Action Verb can write Helping Verb Article Simple Sentence #3 Sentence Diagramming 101: Main Menu

Simple Sentence #3 Subject/Pronoun We Action Verb can win Helping Verb Key Tip Sentence Diagramming 101: Main Menu

Capitalization On sentence diagrams: Always capitalize the first word of the sentence. Always capitalize proper nouns. Click on the word that should not always be capitalized: I We More Capitalization John Michigan Sentence Diagramming 101: Main Menu

Intro to Compound Subjects Some sentences include compound (or two) subjects. In this case the subjects are combined with the conjunction “and. ” Example: Mustangs and Camaros speed. Conjunctions Compound Subject Sentences Sentence Diagramming 101: Main Menu

Conjunctions Definition: Joins words or word groups. Examples: and, but, for, nor, so, yet In sentence diagramming, conjunctions are written on dotted lines connecting subjects and verbs. Click on the area of the diagram where the conjunction should appear A B C Compound Subject Sentences

Compound Subject Sentence #1 Subject/Noun Action Verb Superman and protect Spiderman Subject/Noun Compound Subject Sentence #2 Conjunction Sentence Diagramming 101: Main Menu

Compound Subject Sentence #2 Subject/Noun Article and hotdog Th e Action Verb were eaten hamburger th e Helping Verb Conjunction Subject/Noun Compound Subject Sentence #3 Sentence Diagramming 101: Main Menu

Compound Subject Sentence #3 Subject/Noun Article giraffe a danced and elephant An Action Verb Conjunction Subject/Noun Key Tip Sentence Diagramming 101: Main Menu

Articles Articles are types of adjectives, but we have not covered adjectives yet. You may know that adjectives modify nouns and that is what articles do. There are three articles in the English language; they are “the, ” “a, ” and “an. ” “The” is a definite article. “A” and “an” are indefinite articles. Compound Subject Sentence #3 Sentence Diagramming 101: Main Menu

Other Capitalization Rules. . . (Click for Examples of Each) Mr. Hertel Proper Names Religious Buddha Names Regions Southwest of the Country Restaurants Taco Bell Religions Judaism Planets Jupiter Business Adidas Names “The Most. Story Dangerous Titles Game” Team Names Detroit Tigers “Ice Song Ice. Titles Baby” Days Wednesday of the Week The Historical Roaring. Periods Twenties Cities. Chicago and Towns Back Sentence Diagramming 101: Main Menu

Compound Verb Sentence #1 Conjunction Action Verb Subject/Noun Tim Tebow will and sprint pass Helping Verb Action Verb Compound Verb Sentence #2 Sentence Diagramming 101: Main Menu

Compound Verb Sentence #2 Conjunction Action Verb Subject/Noun will or team Th e either win lose Helping Verb Action Verb Compound Verb Sentence #3 Sentence Diagramming 101: Main Menu

Compound Verb Sentence #3 Conjunction Action Verb Subject/Pronoun They and danced laughed Action Verb Review Quiz Sentence Diagramming 101: Main Menu

Quiz: Sentence #1 Kids play A B C D In sentence #1, click where the word “Kids” should appear? Continue Quiz Sentence Diagramming 101: Main Menu

Quiz: Sentence #2 Bunnies hop A B C D In sentence #2, click where the word “hop” should appear? Continue Quiz Sentence Diagramming 101: Main Menu

Quiz Sentence #3 The dancer can sing. In sentence # 3, what is the part of speech of the word “can”? Noun Continue Quiz Verb Article Pronoun Sentence Diagramming 101: Main Menu

Quiz Sentence #4 Mrs. Deming and Mrs. Hertel taught. In sentence #4, what part of speech is the word “and”? Noun Verb Conjunction Pronoun Adjective Guess Again! Continue Quiz Sentence Diagramming 101: Main Menu

Quiz Sentence #5 Beyoncé Knowles will sing and dance. What type of sentence is sentence #5? Simple Sentence End Quiz Compound Verb You got that right! Compound Subject Adjective Modifier Sentence Diagramming 101: Main Menu

Quiz Results: Click the Number You Got Right! 5 3 -4 1 -2 0 Sentence Diagramming 101: Main Menu