Diagramming Sentence Parts 7 th Grade Honors

Why Diagram? Sentence analysis Shows relationship of each word to the rest of the sentence Think of frog dissection

Diagramming Basics The horizontal line under the subject and predicate is called the base line. The subject is written on the left side of the base line. The predicate is on the right side of the base line. A vertical dividing line that crosses the base line is drawn between the subject and verb. Punctuation is not used in a sentence diagram. subject verb

Subjects and Predicates Michael ate. Michael ate Fish swim. Fish swim Glaciers will melt. Glaciers will melt

Compound Subjects and Verbs Beth and Sarah read. Beth reads and writes. Beth reads read Beth Sarah writes Andrew and Troy worked and played. Andrew worked Troy talked and

Commands (Understood subject) verb Sit!(You) sit Go. (You) go

Adjectives subject verb Tall Benjamin ran. Benjamin ran The big yellow cat ate. cat ate tall the big yellow adj.

Adverbs subject verb Tara runs quickly. Tara runs very quickly. Tara runs Tara runs adverb quickly very

Direct Objects subject verb direct object Brandon ate the brownies. Brandon ate brownies Brandon ate brownies and cookies. brownies Brandon ate cookies the and

Indirect objects subject verb direct object Ronnie handed the dog a treat. Ronnie handed treat She gave us the homework she gave homework indirect object dog the a us the

Prepositional Phrases subject verb The farmer worked in the fields. farmer worked prep. object of prep. adj. in fields the

Prepositional Phrases cont’d Robin feeds the dog by the door in the kitchen. Robin feeds dog by door the in kitchen the

Prepositional Phrases Cont’d Astronomers look at the moon and stars. Astronomers look at moon stars the and

Predicate Nouns & Adjectives subject verb predicate noun subject verb predicate adj. Nick is an athlete. Nick is athlete Carol is tall. Carol is tall

Compound Sentences subject verb Evan ran in the race, but he lost. Evan ran he lost conj. in race the but

Appositives subject (appositive) verb Juanita, the new girl, sits here. Juanita (girl) sits the new here

There, Where, Here subject verb Here comes the bus. Where is your lunch? bus comes lunch is there, where, or here theHere your Where