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Now that you know how to locate and diagram the subject, verb, and direct object in a sentence, you are ready to move on to compound subjects and compound verbs within a sentence. First, let’s review a basic sentence again. Kristi loves pizza (subject) (verb) (direct object) Now, here is a sentence with a compound subject. (more than one subject) Kristi and Ally love pizza. In this sentence, both Kristi and Ally are the subject as they are the ones who are doing the action (loving pizza). This is how you begin diagramming the sentence. Kristi and Ally love pizza. First, set up the diagramming of your verb and direct object. love pizza (What?) Now, see how the compound subject is added to the diagram. Ally and Kristi love Notice how the diagram shows how both names are the subject. pizza (What?) Let’s try a few more compound subjects. Dogs and cats can destroy furniture. cats and Dogs can destroy furniture Wind nor rain will stop deliveries. rain nor Wind will stop deliveries Remember to still draw your vertical line through the horizontal line to separate your subjects from the verb. Now that you are beginning to get the hang of compound subjects, let’s move on to compound verbs. Shoppers grabbed and clutched items. First, set up the diagramming of your subject and compound verbs. and Shoppers grabbed clutched Now you just need to add your direct object that states what the shoppers clutched. It’s easy! and Shoppers grabbed clutched items Let’s try a few more sentences with compound verbs. and Teens will complain and whine. complain Teens will whine Notice that there is no direct object. This next sentence does contain a direct object. Recall that a direct object receives the action of a transitive verb. Just as Brady needs a receiver to catch the ball, so, too, does a transitive verb need a direct object (the receiver) to answer either What? or Who? In a sentence. Players must participate and attend practices. What must they participate in and attend? Practices! That is the direct object. (always a noun or pronoun) participate and Players must attend practices Let’s try an imperative sentence with a compound verb. Show and direct me. Show and direct are the transitive verbs, and me is telling WHO is being shown and directed, so me is our direct object. What is our subject? Subject in parentheses and (You) show direct me (You) is always the subject in an imperative sentence. Keep in mind that sentences are rarely this basic in their structure. Interesting sentences contain modifiers such as adjectives and adverbs, as well as phrases and clauses. Under the protection of darkness, the stealthy coyote silently moves towards his innocent prey . This sentence has prepositional phrases, adjectives, and an adverb in addition to the subject and verb. For now, we will not be diagramming such sentences, but see if you can simply pick out the subject and verb and whether or not there is a direct object coyote moves Now, hopefully, you are ready to locate and diagram subjects, verbs/verb phrases, and direct objects within sentences. Try to remember these helpful strategies: 1. Aim to find your verb/verb phrase first. It may be an action verb or simply a verb of “being” such as can be. 2.Ask yourself who or what is doing the action. This will be your subject. “They collected…” 3.Ask yourself if someone (Who?) or something (What?) is receiving the action. What did they collect? They collected donations. Donations is your direct object as this answers What?