Sentence Diagramming Part 1

Sentence Diagramming

Part 1:

Subject/Noun, Predicate/Verb, Articles, Adjectives, and Adverbs

KFO:

I will be able to identify the following parts of speech within a sentence: noun, verb, article, adjective, and adverb using the Sentence Diagramming Strategy.

Parts of Speech Focus:

• Noun- Person, Place, or Things

• Verb- Action words

• Article- A, An, The

• Adjective- describes or modify a noun

• Adverb- describes or modify a verb

Identify the Parts of Speech

• Is the word a person, place or thing?- Noun

• What action is happening/happened?- Verb

• Does the word describe a noun or a verb?- Adjective or Adverb

• Is the word an article?- A, An, The

Diagram the subject and predicate.

• Write the subject and predicate on a line with a line between them.

• Subject part of the sentence that contains the noun.

• Predicate part of the sentence that contains the action.

Diagram the adjective, adverb, or article on a slanted line underneath the word it describes or modifies.

Parts of Speech Focus:

• Noun- Person, Place, or Things

• Verb- Action words

• Article- A, An, The

• Adjective- describes or modify a noun

• Adverb- describes or modify a verb

Identify the Parts of Speech

• Is the word a person, place or thing?- Noun

• What action is happening/happened?- Verb

• Does the word describe a noun or a verb?- Adjective or Adverb

• Is the word an article?- A, An, The

Diagram the subject and predicate.

• Write the subject and predicate on a line with a line between them.

• Subject part of the sentence that contains the noun.

• Predicate part of the sentence that contains the action.

Diagram the adjective, adverb, or article on a slanted line underneath the word it describes or modifies.

Parts of Speech Focus:

• Noun- Person, Place, or Things

• Verb- Action words

• Article- A, An, The

• Adjective- describes or modify a noun

• Adverb- describes or modify a verb

Diagram the adjective, adverb, or article on a slanted line underneath the word it describes or modifies.

Diagram the subject and predicate.

• Write the subject and predicate on a line with a line between them.

• Subject part of the sentence that contains the noun.

• Predicate part of the sentence that contains the action.

Diagram the adjective, adverb, or article on a slanted line underneath the word it describes or modifies.

Multiple Choice

What is the noun in the sentence?

• The

• big

• black

• cat

• purrs

Multiple Choice

What is the verb in the sentence?

• The

• big

• black

• cat

• purrs

Multiple Choice

What is the article in the sentence?

• The

• big

• black

• cat

• purrs

Multiple Choice

The words big and black in the sentence are what Part of Speech?

• Nouns

• Verbs

• Articles

• Adjectives

• Adverbs

Fill in the Blanks

When you diagram this sentence, what two words will be written on a line with a line between them.

Fill in the Blanks

When you diagram this sentence, which word will "black and big" be linked to with a slanted line underneath it?

Multiple Choice

What is the noun in the sentence?

• An

• ugly

• snail

• crawled

• slowly

Multiple Choice

What is the verb in the sentence?

• An

• ugly

• snail

• crawled

• slowly

Multiple Choice

What is the article in the sentence?

• An

• ugly

• snail

• crawled

• slowly

Multiple Choice

What is the adjective in the sentence?

• An

• ugly

• snail

• crawled

• slowly

Multiple Choice

What is the adverb in the sentence?

• An

• ugly

• snail

• crawled

• slowly

Fill in the Blanks

When you diagram this sentence, what two words will be written on a line with a line between them.

Fill in the Blanks

When you diagram this sentence, which word will "ugly" be linked to with a slanted line underneath it?

Fill in the Blanks

When you diagram this sentence, which word will "slowly" be linked to with a slanted line underneath it?

Implement this strategy when you are asked Grammar questions and other Part of Speech questions.

Next we will add Prepositions.