Sentence Diagraming

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.

My teacher is smart.
What is the complete subject?

• teacher
• My teacher
• is
• is smart.

Tags

TEKS.ELA.6.10D.I

TEKS.ELA.7.10D.I

TEKS.ELA.8.10D.I

TEKS.ELA.E1.9D.II

TEKS.ELA.E2.9D.II

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

Tags

TEKS.ELA.3.11D.I

TEKS.ELA.3.11D.VIII

TEKS.ELA.4.11D.I

TEKS.ELA.5.11D.I

What is is the simple predicate in the diagram?

• The teacher
• Teacher
• Worked
• worked with

Tags

TEKS.ELA.4.11D.I

TEKS.ELA.5.11D.I

TEKS.ELA.5.11D.VIII

TEKS.ELA.6.10D.I

TEKS.ELA.7.10D.I

How would you write the sentence?

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

Tags

TEKS.ELA.2.11D.X

TEKS.ELA.3.11D.IV

TEKS.ELA.3.11D.X

TEKS.ELA.4.11D.IV

TEKS.ELA.5.11D.IV

What is the complete subject?

• Lady
• The Lady
• The old little Lady
• The little old lady

Tags

TEKS.ELA.4.11D.VIII

TEKS.ELA.5.11D.I

TEKS.ELA.5.11D.VIII

TEKS.ELA.6.10D.I

TEKS.ELA.7.10D.I

Which of the following sentence has an indirect object?

• Marta brought chocolates for him.
• Marta brought chocolates.
• Marta brought yummy chocolates.
• Marta brought him.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.1

CCSS.L.11-12.3

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

TEKS.ELA.3.11D.I

TEKS.ELA.3.11D.VIII

TEKS.ELA.4.11D.I

TEKS.ELA.5.11D.I

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

TEKS.ELA.6.10D.I

TEKS.ELA.7.10D.I

TEKS.ELA.8.10D.I

TEKS.ELA.E1.9D.II

TEKS.ELA.E2.9D.II

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

TEKS.ELA.3.11D.I

TEKS.ELA.3.11D.VIII

TEKS.ELA.4.11D.I

TEKS.ELA.5.11D.I