Diagramming Nouns, Verbs, and More

This video tutorial introduces sentence diagramming, focusing on basic elements like nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs. It explains how to diagram simple sentences and incorporate modifiers, providing examples and practice opportunities. The tutorial is part of a series that will cover more complex sentence structures in future videos.

What is the focus of the first video in the series?

• Direct and indirect objects

• Nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs

• Verbals and participles

• Prepositional phrases

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In the sentence 'Bob ran', what is the subject?

• ran

• Bob

• the

• sentence

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CCSS.L.1.1C

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CCSS.L.3.1A

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How do you represent the divide between the subject and predicate in a sentence diagram?

• With a horizontal line

• With a diagonal line

• With a vertical line

• With a curved line

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CCSS.L.1.1C

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CCSS.L.3.1A

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Where does a pronoun acting as the subject go in a sentence diagram?

• On the left of the vertical line

• Above the horizontal line

• On a diagonal line

• On the right of the vertical line

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CCSS.L.3.1A

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CCSS.L.6.1C

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Which of the following is an example of a pronoun acting as the subject?

• He

• Big

• Ran

• Beautifully

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CCSS.L.3.1A

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CCSS.L.6.1C

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How are adjectives and adverbs diagrammed?

• With a horizontal line

• With a curved line

• With a vertical line

• With a diagonal line

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CCSS.L.3.1A

In the sentence 'The big blue ball bounces beautifully', which word is an adverb?

• Big

• Blue

• Beautifully

• Ball

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CCSS.L.3.1A

What are the three members of the subgroup of adjectives called articles?

• Ran, jogs, eats

• Big, blue, beautiful

• He, she, it

• A, an, the

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CCSS.L.1.1F

CCSS.L.2.1E

In the sentence 'The baby cried very loudly', what does 'very' modify?

• The

• Loudly

• Cried

• Baby

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CCSS.L.3.1A

In the sentence 'The rather talkative man', what does 'rather' modify?

• The

• Talkative

• Rather

• Man

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CCSS.L.3.1A