Sentence Diagramming: Subject-Adverbs

What is the definition of a subject of a sentence?

• A word that shows action

• Who or what the sentence is about

• A word that shows state of being

• A word that describes another word

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.1.1C

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1F

What is an adjective?

• A word that describes nouns or pronouns

• A word that describes adjectives, adverbs, and verbs

• A word that shows the action of the subject

• What the sentence is about

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1E

CCSS.L.1.1F

CCSS.L.K.5B

What is an adverb?

• A word that describes adjectives, adverbs, and verbs

• A word that describes nouns and pronouns

• A word that can replace a noun

• What the sentence is about.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

What is a noun?

• A person, place, thing, or idea

• A word that shows action or links the subject to additional information

• A word that describes adjectives

• What the sentence is about

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.K.1B

What is a verb?

• A word that shows action, state of being, or links the subject to more information

• A person, place, thing, or idea

• A word that describes a noun

• What the sentence is about

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.2.1D

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.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1F

What is the first step to diagramming a sentence?

• start by finding the subject of the sentence

• start by finding the verb in the sentence

• start by drawing a horizontal line

• start by finding the interjection

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.1.1C

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1F

What is the 2nd step for diagramming a sentence?

• Find the verb, and write it on the right half of the horizontal line

• draw a horizontal line

• Find the subject, and write it on the right half of the horizontal line

• Find the conjunction and write on the left half of the horizontal line

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.7.1B

What is the 3rd step for diagramming a sentence?

• Find the verb, and write it on the right half of the horizontal line

• draw a horizontal line

• Find the subject, and write it on the left half of the horizontal line

• Find the conjunction and write on the left half of the horizontal line

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

After finding the verb and the subject, what is the next step?

• draw a diagonal line that intersects through the horizontal line, separating the subject and verb

• draw a vertical line that intersects through the horizontal line, separating the subject and direct object

• stare at the ceiling wondering what is the meaning of life

• draw a vertical line that intersects through the horizontal line, separating the subject and verb

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.1.1C

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1F