Sentence Diagramming

The purpose of diagramming sentences is

• to better understand parts of speech.
• to learn a strategy to avoid fragments.
• to have a greater understanding of the structure of sentence.
• all of the above.

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CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.7.1B

My teacher is smart.
What is the complete subject?

• teacher
• My teacher
• is
• is smart.

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CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.3.1F

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.1.1C

What is the sentence diagrammed?

• The beauty of language seen.
• See the beauty of language.
• The language of beauty is see.
• The see is beauty

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CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.7.1B

What is is the simple predicate in the diagram?

• The teacher
• Teacher
• Worked
• worked with

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CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.3.1F

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.1.1C

What word modifies grammar?

• Practice
• Worked
• Teacher
• Students

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CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

True or False: the sentence has a predicate noun.

• True
• False

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CCSS.L.3.1A

True or False: The sentence has a predicate noun.

• True
• False

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CCSS.L.3.1A

How would you write the sentence?

• Christina Perri and Bruno Mars are singers.
• Bruno Mars and Christina Perry are singers.

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CCSS.L.4.1D

CCSS.L.5.2A

CCSS.L.7.2A

Which of the following statements is not true?

• The sentence has a conjunction.
• The sentence is a fragment.
• The sentence has a predicate noun.
• The sentence does not have modifiers.

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CCSS.L.4.1F

How many modifiers are in the sentence?

• 3
• 4
• 5
• 5

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CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C