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sing.

subject noun predicate verb

I sing.

Subject Noun And Predicate Verb

He has been singing.

You are singing.

Sentence Diagram - A sentence diagram is a chart that shows the relation of the words,phrases, and clauses in a sentence to analyze a fault in a sentence or whether the word “who” or “whom” is to be used.

We have been singing.

They had sung.

You had been singing.

I

You are singing.

He has been singing.

We have been singing.

You had been singing

They had sung.

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Diagramming Worksheets Name:_________________Compound Subject Simple Sentence

subject noun

conj

unct

ion

predicate verb

subject noun

Joseph and Mary sing.

James and John wrote.

Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John evangelized.

Joseph

Mary

andand

and

sing.

James

John

wrote.

Matthew

Mark

Luke

John

evangelized.

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Diagramming Worksheets Name:_________________Compound Predicate Simple Sentence

conj

unct

ion

predicate verb

subject noun

predicate verb

I worked and left.

You have come and gone.

He will come or regret.

I

worked

andand

or

left.

You

have come

(have) gone.

He

will come

regret

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subject noun predicate verb

Dummy Subjects (Like direct address and exclamations)

It is encouraging to be together.

dummy subject

v

There grew a tree in the fi eld.

There fl ew a hawk.

There arose a storm.

There

There

It

There

hawk.a

a

a in

the

fl ew

storm. arose

to be together.

is encouraging

tree grew

fi eld.

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subject noun predicate verb direct object

John wrote testimonials.

Direct Objects

Laura likes apples and bananas.

Paul wrote letters.

Joseph built tables.

John

Paul

Joseph

Laura

wrote

wrote

built

likes

testimonials.

letters.

tables.

apples

bananas.

and

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subject noun predicate verb direct object

Dr. Brown brought Dad medicine.

Indirect Objects

indirect object

Sally sent my Mother fl owers.

John took the coach equipment.

Andrew gave Michael and Anthony pictures.

Dr. Brown

Sally

John

Andrew

brought

sent

took

gave

medicine.

fl owers.

equipment.

pictures.

(to) Dad

(to) Mother

(to) coachthe

Michael

Anthony

and

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subject noun predicate verb predicate noun or adjective

Predicate Complements

This is milk.

Those are clouds.

This is mud.

It is she.

This is milky.

That is cloudy.

This is muddy.

It is hers.

Predicate Adjectives

Predicate Noun Or Pronouns

This

Those

This

It

This

That

This

It

is

are

is

is

is

is

is

is

milk.

clouds.

mud.

she.

milky.

cloudy.

muddy.

hers.

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subject noun predicate verb direct object object complement

Objective Complement

The class elected Shannon president. (noun)

Missouri voted him governor. (noun)

Nancy chose Susan fi rst. (adjective)

She called it beautiful. (adjective)

She was appointed secretary and treasurer. (compound noun)

Black Jack was groomed neat and clean. (compound adjective)

class

Missouri

Nancy

She

She

Black Jack

selected

voted

chose

called

was appointed

was groomed

Shannon

him

Susan

it

president.

governor.

fi rst.

beautiful.

The

secretary

neat

treasurer.

clean.

andand

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subject noun predicate verb direct object

Adjectives

indirect objectadjective

preposition objectadjective

adjective

adjective

The moon shines.

The evening moon and the daytime sun shine.

Bright and happy, the painter fi nished the bookshelf.

During the afternoon recital the conductor showed only us the new score.

moon

moon

conductor showed score.

recital

us

and

moon

sun

shines.

shines. bookshelf.

shine.

The

and

The

the

evening

daytime

the brighthappy

the

theafternoon

duringonly

the new

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subject noun predicate verb predicate adjective

Adverb

adjective

adverb

adjective adverb

adverb

Very expensive tools are frequently nearly all available.

Good baseball bats are more and more expensive.

tools

bats

are

are

and

available.

expensive.

expensive

allnearly

frequentlyVery

baseball

moremoregood

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Diagramming Worksheets Name:_________________PHRASES IN GENERALNoun Phrases Prepositional Noun Phrases

predicate noun orpredicate verb predicate adjectivev

preposition prep. Objectarticle/adjective

v

Across the road is out.

v

The water is coming from under the garage.

Across

Thefrom under

the

the

road

is

is comingwater

garage

out.

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direct object

Calling your friend names can be hurtful.

Gerund Noun Phrase

indirect object

gerund

v

Riding roller coasters is exciting.

v

Baking a cake requires a timer.

v

Calling

Riding

Baking

your

roller

a

a

names

coasters

cake

can be

is

requires

hurtful

exciting

timer

friend

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direct object

Infi nitive Noun Phrase

indirect objectinfi nitive

To speak is important this time.

v

To study well requires patience.

v

The students are to leave later.

v

We ought to sound the alarm.

v

to speak

to study

to leave

to sound alarm.

is

requires

are

ought

important

patience.

time.this

well

later.

the

The

students

We

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object

preposition

Prepositional Adjective Phrases

She wants one with a fl ower.

He needs one with a shield.

It requires tools from the shop.

The benefi t of praying is great.

She

He

It

benefi t

wants

needs

requires

is

one

one

tools

great.

fl ower.

shield.

shop.

with

with

from

the of

a

a

the

praying

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object

prep. Adverb

Prepositional Adverb Phrases - Adverbial Phrases

She is charmed by the puppy.

He ran daily around the park.

It sailed weekly through the straits.

She

It

He

is charmed

sailed

ran

puppy

park.

straits.

by

around

through

weekly

the

the

the

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head word (appositive)

Appositives

My daughter Anna is the girl for the job.

My teacher Mrs. Henry told us the story.

Your church St. Anne's is old.

His school Kent Academy is brand new.

Our boss Mark needs help.

Your coach Frank taught you well.

(Anna) daughter

teacher (Mrs. Henry)

school (Kent Academy)

boss (Mark)

coach (Frank)

church (St. Anne’s)

is

told

is

needs

taught

is

us

girl

story

new

help.

you

old.

jobMy

My

His

Our

Your

Your

the

the

brand

well.

forthe

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His story is tragic.

subject noun predicate verb predicate adjective possessive

Moses' trip was steep.

My nose is cold.

Your hat is lost.

Her coat is here.

story

trip

nose

hat

coat

is

was

is

is

is

tragic.

steep

cold

lost

pretty

(tragic story)

(steep trip)

(cold nose)

(lost hat)

(pretty coat)

His

Moses’

My

Your

Her

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subject noun predicate verb

Direct Address (Like dummy subjects and exclamations)

Michael, pass the salt.

direct address

(you) pass salt

move statue

carry quiver

watch target

ride horse

Michael

Chris

Andrew

Justin

Brendan

x

the

the

this

that

this

Chris, move the statue.

x

Andrew, carry this quiver.

x

Justin, watch that target.

(you)

(you)

(you)

x

Brendan, ride this horse.

(you)

x

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subject noun predicate verb direct object

Exclamations (Like dummy subjects and direct address)

Oh! Look here.

exclamation

(you)

x

Goodness! You surprised me.

Look! We found it.

Please! You must eat lunch.

Ah! Silence is a treasure.

Oh!

Goodness!

Look!

Please!

Ah!

look

surprised

found

eat

is

You

We

You

Silence

must

a

here.

me.

it.

lunch.

treasure.

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Diagramming Worksheets Name:_________________DIAGRAMMING COMPOUND SENTENCESA compound sentence, according to STRUCTURE, is a sentence made up of TWO or more independent clauses that are connected by punctuation or conjunctions. Diagram compound sentences in the same manner as simple sentences except show the connection between the clauses. When a compound sentence omits to use the conjunctions and, or, nor, but, yet, or for (FANBOY) between clauses add a semicolon between them in the diagram.

subject noun predicate verb

Subject Noun And Predicate Verb

subject noun predicate verb

He ran; she walked.

Tip: When and, or, nor, but, yet, or for (FANBOY) are used between the clauses of a compound sentence, place the conjunction on the line between the clauses.

He ran and she walked.

;

He

He

she

she

ran

ran

walked.

walked.

;

and

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Diagramming Worksheets Name:_________________DIAGRAMMING COMPLEX SENTENCESA complex sentence, according to STRUCTURE, is a sentence that is made up of ONE independent clause AND ONE OR MORE dependent clauses.

- Put a dependent noun clause on a stilt where it would go as a subject or object and write any subordinating conjunction on the stilt line.

subject noun predicate verb

Subject Noun And Predicate Verb

predicate verb

Where he went is known now.

vconj

unct

ion

v

he

Where

now

went

is known.

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Draw a line to a dependent adjective clause from the noun or pronoun (antecedent) that it describes to the subordinating conjunction.

subject noun predicate verb

Adjective Clause

subject noun predicate verb direct objectsubordinating conjunction

Walsh, whose biography you have read, has died.

Draw a dotted line to a dependent adverb clause to the predicate verb that it describes and write the subordinating conjunction on the dotted line.

subject noun predicate verb

subject noun predicate verb

subo

rdina

ting

conju

nctio

n

The phone rang when I sat down.

Walsh

whose

you

has died.

have read. biography.

phone

I

when

The

down

rang.

sat

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A compound-complex sentence, according to STRUCTURE, is a sentence that has TWO or more independent clauses AND one or more dependent clauses. Again, simply connect the diff erent phrases with their conjunction, subordinating conjunction or semicolon.

DIAGRAMMING COMPOUND COMPLEX SENTENCES

subject noun predicate verb

subject noun predicate verb direct objectsubordinating conjunction

conjunction or semicolon

subject noun predicate verb

John watched; but, when night fell, the soldiers returned.

John

soldiersthe

when

night

; but

watched

returned

fell

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When the quote is a partial sentence that is part of the host sentence, diagram it as part of the sentence or clause.

DIAGRAMMING DIRECT QUOTATIONS

subject noun predicate verb subordinating conjunctionsubject noun predicate verb predicate adjective

adverb

She exclaimed that it was "pretty cute"!

When the quote is a full sentence diagram it as a sentence and diagram the HE SAID portion independently of the quote.

subject noun predicate verbarticle

subject noun predicate verb

The Bible said, "Jesus wept."

She

it

exclaimed

was cutepretty

that

Bible

Jesus

said

wept.

The