2. Practice
• Diagram the following sentences on your own.
1. Ashley quickly kicked the ball.
2. Matthew drew a colorful picture.
3. Nathan yelled loudly.
4. Andrew ran quickly.
5. Kaitlyn gave her a present.
6. Kristen rode the horse.
7. Craig jumped abruptly.
8. Paige studied intently.
9. Kelly spike the ball.
10. Brianne has a little brother.
11. Kali has a little sister.
12. Taylor borrowed my yellow pencil.
13. Lily asked a question.
14. Madison forgot her glasses.
4. Diagramming Sentences
• Write 2 sentences on your own which contain:
– A subject
– Verb
– 1 Adjective
– 1 Adverb
– Direct Object
• THEN, diagram those sentences
5. Backwards Diagrams
• Share diagrams with partners
• Can you tell what the original sentence
was???
• Try backwards diagramming
7. Predicate nouns and predicate adjectives follow the
verb and are separated from the verb by a slanted line.
The glacier is not really dangerous.
glacier is dangerous
Josiah Budnick is a brilliant professor.
Josiah Budnick is professor
8. Indirect objects are arranged under the main sentence line.
Professor Higgins gave her students two projects.
Professor Higgins gave projects
students
9. With compound subjects and predicates, the sentence diagram
begins to branch out.
The professor and her colleagues are studying glaciers and avalanches.
professor glaciers
are studying
and
and
colleagues avalanches
10. Compound verbs are put on branches in a similar fashion.
The professor and her colleagues are studying and classifying glaciers.
professor are studying
glaciers
and
and
colleagues classifying
11. Practice
• Sally and Tim went to the store.
• Sally runs and jumps.
• The shoes are sparkly.
• Those tomatoes are fruits.
