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WHAT TO DO ON MONDAY
can she leave her brother sam at the mall
1. Label all 8 Parts of Speech. Use this order:
a. NOUNS – who or what the sentence is about; who is doing the action
i. common (n)
ii. proper (N)
b. PRONOUNS – takes the place of nouns
i. Personal (tell if 1st, 2nd, 3rd person and if NOM, OBJ, or POSS) PRO
ii. Interrogative (INT)
iii. Possessive (POSS)
iv. Demonstrative (DEM)
v. Reflexive (REF)
vi. Indefinite (IND)
c. VERB – the action of the sentence
i. Action (AV)
ii. Linking (LV)
iii. Helping (HV) can be 1, 2, or 3; used with either AV or LV
iv. Tense
1. Past
2. Present
3. Future
d. ADJECTIVE – describes nouns and pronouns
i. Tells what kind, which one, how much/many?
ii. Articles: a, an, the
e. ADVERB – describes verbs, adjectives, adverbs
i. Tells how, where, when, to what extent?
ii. NOT, NEVER, and ALWAYS are common ones!
f. PREPOSITION – begins a phrase and describes something
i. Must be the first word in a prep phrase
g. CONJUNCTION – joins words, phrases, or clauses
i. Coordinating (CC) – FANBOYS
ii. Subordinating (SC) – beings an adverb dependent clause
iii. Noun Clause Identifier (NCI) – begins noun dependent clauses
iv. Conjunctive Adverb (Con Adv) – adverb that connects two independent clauses
v. Correlative (Cor Con) – have a partner
h. INTERJECTION – shows excitement or emotion, separate from the sentence
i. VERBAL – formed from a verb but acts like a noun, adjective or adverb
i. Gerund (GER) – verb plus –ing, acts like a noun
ii. Participle (PART) – verb plus –ed or –ing, acts like an adjective
iii. Infinitive (INF) – to + a verb, acts like a noun, adjective, or adverb
WHAT TO DO ON TUESDAY
can she leave her brother sam at the mall
2. Label all sentence parts and phrases:
a. Complete subject – underline once
b. Complete predicate – underline twice
c. Simple subject (S) – the one-word subject (noun or pronoun)
d. Simple predicate – label as VT (verb transitive) or VI (verb intransitive); all linking verbs are VI
e. Complements – complete the meaning of the subject and verb
i. Direct Object (DO) – comes after AV, answer s“Subject, Verb, What?”
ii. Indirect Object (IO) – comes between AV and DO, answers “Subject, verb, what, to whom?”
iii. Predicate Nominative (PN) – noun in the predicate; comes after LV
iv. Predicate Adjective (PA) – adjective in the predicate; comes after LV
f. Prepositional phrases – put parentheses around it
i. tell type (adv prep ph or adj prep ph)
ii. tell object of the preposition (OP)
iii. Look for any other phrases:
1. Appositives (APP) – renames a noun
2. Infinitive (INF) – used as a noun, adjective, or adverb; starts with to + a verb
3. Gerund (GER) – used as a noun; starts with a gerund
4. Participial (PART) – used as an adjective; starts with a participle
5. ALL ABOVE PHRASES HAVE OBJECTS, SO LABEL THEM.
g. Noun of Direct Address (NDA) – the person a sentences is addressed to
WHAT TO DO ON WEDNEDAY AND THURSDAY
can she leave her brother sam at the mall
3. Label all clauses, sentence type and purpose:
a. Independent clauses (IND CL) – put parentheses around them
i. An easy way to check: How many subject-verb combinations do you find?
b. Dependent clauses (DEP CL) – put parenthesis around them
i. Tell if it is an Adjective Dependent Clause (ADJ DEP CL) – begins with a relative pronoun (RP)
ii. Tell if it is an Adverb Dependent Clause (ADV DEP CL) – begins with a Subordinating Conjunction
(SC)
iii. Tell if it is a Noun Dependent Clause (N DEP CL) – begins with a Noun Clause Identifier (NCI)
c. Sentence Type:
i. Simple (S) – one independent clause and one subject-verb combination
ii. Compound (CD) – two independent clauses joined by a conjunction or a semicolon or a
conjunctive adverb
iii. Complex – one independent clause plus at least one dependent clause
d. Sentence Purpose:
i. Declarative (DEC) – makes a statement or expresses an opinion
ii. Interrogative (INT) – asks a question
iii. Imperative (IMP) – makes a command
iv. Exclamatory (EX) – uses an exclamation point
4. Use appropriate markings to add punctuation and capitalization:
a. Insert all punctuation using triangular arrows
b. Show capitalizations by underlining the letter 3 times.
WHAT TO DO ON FRIDAY
can she leave her brother sam at the mall
5. Diagram the sentence:
a. Make the giant PLUS sign.
b. Use the DGP from Tuesday to help you place all words.
c. Remember, all SUBJECT items go on the left side and all PREDICATE items go on the
right side.
d. Place the simple subject.
e. Place the simple predicate (verb or verb phrase).
f. Determine if there is a complement (can you answer “Subject, verb, what?” If so,
you have a complement).
g. Remember, a prep phrase can fool you. Nothing in a prep phrase can be used for
anything else.
h. Decide if the verb is action (straight line) or linking (slanty line). Place the
complement after it.
i. Place all modifiers under the words they modify (adjective, adverbs, prep phrases).
j. If the sentence is compound or complex, diagram the connecting words and the
other clause(s). That other clause will need to have a subject and a verb.
k. Look for interjections or NDAs. Place them on a separate line above the subject.