Sentence Diagramming slide 1 Understanding simple sentence structure (noun-verb) Sentences convey a complete thought by answering two questions: Who (or what) did it? and What did they (he, she, or it) do? In English, we put nouns and verbs together to make sentences. slide 1

The following sentence has a noun/verb pattern. The cat sat. (noun/action verb) N/V noun/verb cat sat The What is the noun? What is the verb? Slide 2

Nouns have several functions (jobs) Nouns have several functions (jobs). Nouns serve as the subjects of sentences. The subject is one of two main parts of English sentences. The subject names the person, place, or thing that the sentence is about. The predicate is the second of the two main parts of English sentences. The predicate contains the main verb of the sentence. The predicate usually comes after the subject. A simple sentence has one subject and one predicate. The subject answers: “Who (or what) did it? The predicate answers: What did they (he, she, or it) do? Slide 3

EXAMPLE: SIMPLE SENTENCE The man ran. Who did it? The man. What did he do? ran The following diagram shows how to build this sentence with a subject and predicate. ran man The Slide 4

In the following slides you will see a picture of an animated object. You are to make up an sentence with a noun and verb, then diagram it. Have Fun!! Slide 5

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In your journal write down the following sentences, then diagram them. The dogs ran. The fish swim. A duck quacks. A salamander’s slither. The hyena yelps. Giraffes can run. A dinosaur rumbles. The badger burrows. A cat climbs. The snakes slide. Slide 9

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CLOSURE By sentence diagramming we will review the components of a sentence we will identify the two components of a basic sentence and build sentences we will review that nouns name people, places and things and that verbs describe actions we will learn that nouns can be subjects of sentences and we will learn that that predicate of a sentence contains the verb. Slide 11