Basic sentence parts

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Basic sentence parts

• Subject
• Verbs
• Adjectives
• Adverbs
• Conjunctions

c. Mary Rayden Nov. 2001
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Subject of a sentence
The subject is the word or group of words that
answers the Question Who? Or What? before the
verb.

• The truck was hit by the snowball.
• The deer is climbing the hill.
• The sky was beautiful at sunset.

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Subject

• ________ went fishing with his buddies.
• ________ hit the truck with the snowball.
• ________ argued that his team was the best in the
  league.

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Verbs
The verb tells what the subject does, what is
done to the subject, or what the condition of
the subject is.

• The sailors boarded the ship.
• The truck was hit by the snowball.
• Sam looks bored.

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Verbs

• Robert ________ to the park.
• Bonnie and I ________ the book on the table.
• Angel ________ the aid of the truck after it was
  hit by the snowball.

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Adjectives
Adjectives describe a noun or a pronoun.,

• The vast, flat desert stretched before him.
• We took beautiful photos of the sunset.
• The truck was hit by a dirty snowball.

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Adjectives

• The ________ tree was twisting in the wind.
• The truck was racing down the ________ highway.
• Bluebeard raised his sword at the ________ crowd.

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Adverbs
An adverb modifies a verb, an adjective, or
another adverb. An adverb that modifies a verb
will answer one of these four questions
Where? When? In what manner? To what extent?

• We never walk to school.
• Rain fell infrequently for an hour.
• The truck was hit forcefully by the snowball.

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Adverbs

• The leopard raced ________ toward his prey.
• The rain fell ________ during the night.
• The turtle raised his head ________ to check for
  danger.

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Conjunctions
A conjunction connects words or groups of words.

• My brother and I are twins.
• He left after school and went home.
• The truck was hit by a snowball but not with the
  intent to do permanent damage.

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Conjunctions

• ________ went to the baseball game.
• Angela decided to ________ her hair.
• The snowball hit the house ________ .

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Diagraming Basic Sentence Parts

• Subject and Verbs
• Adjectives
• Adverbs
• Conjunctions

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Subject and Verbs
Roger is reading.
is reading.
Roger
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Adjectives and Adverbs
The tall, dark stranger entered very quietly.
stranger
entered
The
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Adjectives and Adverbs
The tall, dark stranger entered very quietly.
stranger
entered
tall
The
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Adjectives and Adverbs
The tall, dark stranger entered very quietly.
stranger
entered
dark
The
tall
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Adjectives and Adverbs
The tall, dark stranger entered very quietly.
stranger
entered
quietly
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Adjectives and Adverbs
The tall, dark stranger entered very quietly.
stranger
entered
quietly
very
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Adjectives and Adverbs
The tall, dark stranger entered very quietly.
stranger
entered
dark
The
tall
quietly
very
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and Conjunctions
The lost and lonely boy cried softly.
boy
cried
The
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and Conjunctions
The lost and lonely boy cried softly.
boy
cried
The
lost
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and Conjunctions
The lost and lonely boy cried softly.
boy
cried
The
lost
lonely
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and Conjunctions
The lost and lonely boy cried softly.
boy
cried
and
The
lost
lonely
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and Conjunctions
The lost and lonely boy cried softly.
boy
cried
softly
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and Conjunctions
The lost and lonely boy cried softly.
boy
cried
and
The
softly
lost
lonely
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Practice
The old turtle waddled slowly and silently.
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Practice
The old turtle waddled slowly and silently.
turtle
waddled
silently
old
slowly
The
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Practice 2
In school, Woovis was nice but talkative.
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Practice 2
In school, Woovis was nice but talkative.
Woovis
was
but
talkative
nice
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On Your Own
(Circle the nouns. Underline the verbs.)

• The book contains the story of a dog named Woovis.

• Dogs bark loudly when they speak.

• The teachers always gave Woovis excellent marks
• in grammar.

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On Your Own
(Circle the nouns. Underline the verbs.)

• The book contains the story of a dog named Woovis.

• Dogs bark loudly when they speak.

• The teachers always gave Woovis excellent marks
• in grammar.

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On Your Own
(Diagram the following sentences.)

• The old and battered steam kettle whistled
  loudly.
• That tiny woodpecker hammers constantly.
• The sleek horse jumped effortlessly.

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On Your Own

• The old and battered steam kettle whistled
  loudly.

kettle
whistled
and
The
steam
loudly
battered
old
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On Your Own

• That tiny woodpecker hammers constantly.

woodpecker
hammers
tiny
That
constantly
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On Your Own

• That sleek horse jumped effortlessly.

jumped
horse
sleek
That
effortlessly
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Compound subjects

• Parents and children worked together.

Parents
worked
and
children
together
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Compound Verbs
His car screeched loudly and stopped.
screeched
car
and
loudly
stopped
His
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Practice

• The tulips and the daffodils bloomed very early.

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Practice

• The tulips and the daffodils bloomed very early.

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Practice

• The tulips and the daffodils bloomed very early.

tulips
daffodils
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Practice

• The tulips and the daffodils bloomed very early.

tulips
The
daffodils
The
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Practice

• The tulips and the daffodils bloomed very early.

tulips
and
daffodils
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Practice

• The tulips and the daffodils bloomed very early.

tulips
bloomed
and
daffodils
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Practice

• The tulips and the daffodils bloomed very early.

tulips
bloomed
and
daffodils
early
very
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Practice
Mark blocked well and tackled brilliantly.
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Practice
Mark blocked well and tackled brilliantly.
Mark
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Practice
Mark blocked well and tackled brilliantly.
blocked
Mark
tackled
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Practice
Mark blocked well and tackled brilliantly.
blocked
Mark
well
tackled
brilliantly
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Practice
Mark blocked well and tackled brilliantly.
blocked
Mark
well
and
tackled
brilliantly
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Orders
Listen closely.
Listen
(you)
closely
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OrdersPractice
Diagram these orders.

• Come here.

• Turn very slowly.

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OrdersPractice

• Come here.

(you)
come
here

• Turn very slowly.

(you)
turn
slowly
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Direct object
Sarah read the book.