Download Dogs - English 9

Parts of Speech Key
Nouns – blue
Pronouns – purple
Verbs – green
Adjectives – black
Adverbs – red
Prepositions – orange
Conjunctions – brown
Interjections – yellow
Sentences
Sentences have two main parts:
– the subject
– the predicate
A sentence diagram starts with two lines:
The vertical line
separates the subject
from the predicate
– horizontal
– vertical
The horizontal line represents the sentence
Diagramming Sentences
Let’s begin with a simple sentence:
Dogs (subject) bark (predicate).
Dogs
bark
Who or what?
Did what?
Diagramming Sentences
Subject modifiers (adjectives) go on slanted
lines beneath the words they modify and
answer which one, what kind, how much, & how many?:
Big dogs bark.
dogs
Who or what?
bark
Did what?
Diagramming Sentences
Now try it with two subject modifiers
(adjectives):
The big dogs bark.
dogs
bark
Diagramming Sentences
Subject modifiers (adverbs) go on slanted
lines beneath the words they modify and
answer when, where, in what manner, to what extent?:
The Big dogs bark loudly.
dogs
bark
Now you try:
Green frogs croak noisily.
A white bird flies gracefully.
The coyotes sing mournfully.
Diagramming Sentences
Direct objects follow the verb on the horizontal line;
they are separated from the verb by a vertical line
that does not go through the horizontal line.
Direct objects follow action verbs and answer who
or what is receiving the action?: Dogs chase cats.
dogs
chase
cats
Who or what was verbed?
Diagramming Sentences
Now let’s put it all together:
Big wild dogs angrily chase
frightened cats.
dogs
chase
cats
Diagramming Sentences
Linking verbs show an emotional state of
being. To be is the most common linking
verb. Linking verbs connect the subject
to the a noun/pronoun/adjective:
Fido is a dog.
Fido
is
dog
In what state?
Diagramming Sentences
Predicate nominatives follow a linking verb
and are separated from the verb by a slanted
line (which points towards the subject) and
Fido is a dog.
Fido
is
dog
Is what?
Now you try:
Watson is a doctor.
I am a student.
He is a magician..
Diagramming Sentences
Predicate adjectives follow a linking verb
and are separated from the verb by a
slanted line (which points towards the subject):
Fido is dangerous.
Fido
is
dangerous
Is what kind?
Now you try:
Popcorn tastes yummy.
The flowers look beautiful.
He was sick.
Diagramming Sentences
Prepositional phrases go under the word
they modify and answer where? :
Dogs chase cats around a tree.
Dogs chase cats
tree
Diagramming Sentences
Now let’s put it all together:
Big wild dogs angrily chase frightened cats
around a tree.
Dogs chase
cats
tree