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Sentence Diagramming
Pattern 1, 2, and 3Miss Johnson
Sentence Diagramming
• Sentence Diagramming: a way to see a sentence spatially; to place each word in its appropriate place as though sentences parts were pieces of a jigsaw puzzle
Subject – be verb – Adverb of Time or Place
• Shortened: s – be – adv/tp
• Uses some form of the be verb:• Is, am, are, was, were, be, being, been
• The be verb is the MAIN verb, not a helping verb
• Because it is a be verb, it must have some element to follow it in order to complete the idea
• REMEMBER: a prepositional phrase can function as an adverb
Subject – be verb – Adverb of Time or Place
Subject – be verb – Adverb of Time or Place
• Example #1• The king is
here.
Subject – be verb – Adverb of Time or Place
• Example #2• The king is on
the throne.
Subject – be verb – Adverb of Time or Place
• Example #3• The stapler is
on the desk.
Subject – be verb – Adverb of Time or Place
• Example #4• The graduation
party is today.
Subject – be verb – Adverb of Time or Place
• Example #5• The car is in
the garage.
Subject – be verb – Subjective Complement: Predicate Adjective
• Shortened: s – be – pa
• Uses some for of the be verb:• Is, am, are, was, were, be, being, been
• The be verb is the MAIN verb, not a helping verb
• Because it is a be verb, it must have some element to follow it in order to complete the idea
• REMEMBER: a prepositional phrase can function as an adjective
• Predicate Adjective: describes the subject
Subject – be verb – Subjective Complement: Predicate Adjective
Subject – be verb – Subjective Complement: Predicate Adjective
• Example #1• The king is generous.
Subject – be verb – Subjective Complement: Predicate Adjective
• Example #2• The king is happy.
Subject – be verb – Subjective Complement: Predicate Adjective
• Example #3• The is in a good mood.
Subject – be verb – Subjective Complement: Predicate Adjective
• Example #4• The music is extremely loud.
Subject – be verb – Subjective Complement: Predicate Adjective
• Example #5• That child is being
unreasonable.
Subject – be verb – Subjective Complement: Predicate Nominative
• Shortened: s – be – pn
• Uses some for of the be verb:• Is, am, are, was, were, be, being, been
• The be verb is the MAIN verb, not a helping verb
• Because it is a be verb, it must have some element to follow it in order to complete the idea
• REMEMBER: a prepositional phrase can function as an adverb
• Predicate Nominative: renames the subject; is identical with it
Subject – be verb – Subjective Complement: Predicate Nominative
Subject – be verb – Subjective Complement: Predicate Nominative
• Example #1• The king is a friend.
Subject – be verb – Subjective Complement: Predicate Nominative
• Example #2• The king is Henry VIII.
Subject – be verb – Subjective Complement: Predicate Nominative
• Example #3• My cat is a lover of tuna.
Subject – be verb – Subjective Complement: Predicate Nominative
• Example #4• Officers should be strict
disciplinarians.
Subject – be verb – Subjective Complement: Predicate Nominative
• Example #5• Our professor must have been a
genius.
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