Nouns are words representing people, places, things, or ideas. Dog, computer, Haiti, teacher, and dream Pronouns are words like he, she, they, it, or who, which represent nouns. Verbs are action words. To run, to swim, and to fly Adjectives are description words that apply to nouns. Blue in blue water, big in big baby, and smelly in smelly garbage Adverbs, like adjectives, are description words; however, adverbs apply to verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs. Quickly in quickly run, quite in quite slowly, and very in very beautiful Participles are words formed from verbs that act like adjectives or nouns. [2] X Research source Working in working farmers, flying in flying birds, and flooded in flooded basement Conjunctions join clauses or words within the same clause. And, but, or, for, nor, so, and yet Joining independent clauses: “Jalissa took the car keys, and she drove to work. " Joining words in the same clause: “Arturo likes apples and oranges equally. " Prepositions tell you how nouns in a sentence relate to one another. There are many prepositions. Above, on, in, between, through, and to Articles modify nouns differently than adjectives. They help make nouns more specific. a, an, and the
Determine your subject and verb. These are the foundations of a sentence, and thus the foundations of a sentence diagram. The subject is a noun or pronoun that is performing the verb. The verb is the action of the sentence. The subjects of the following sentences are bold, and the main verbs are italic. Children will listen. Though John doesn’t like broccoli, he will eat other vegetables. Vegetables disgust Felipe. Felipe was disgusted by vegetables. Ira gave Cho her necklace. Find the direct object if there is one. Direct objects are nouns or pronouns that are the recipients of the verb. From the above examples, Children will listen does not have a direct object; but, Vegetables disgust Felipe does. Felipe is the direct object of the verb disgust.
Children will listen. Though John doesn’t like broccoli, he will eat other vegetables. Vegetables disgust Felipe. Felipe was disgusted by vegetables. Ira gave Cho her necklace.
Children will listen. Though John doesn’t like broccoli, he will eat other vegetables. Vegetables disgust Felipe. Felipe was disgusted by vegetables. Ira gave Cho her necklace.
In the above sentence, Vegetables disgust Felipe, vegetables is the subject, disgust is the verb, and Felipe is the direct object.
In the above sentence, The farmers gave their kids fresh vegetables, farmers is the subject, gave is the verb, vegetables is the direct object, kids is the indirect object, the is an article, their is a possessive pronoun, and fresh is an adjective modifying vegetables.
In the above sentence, Vegetables are disgusting, vegetables is the subject, are is a linking verb, and disgusting is the predicate adjective. Note that pronouns following linking verbs should be in the nominative case: This is she or It is I and not This is her or It is me.
In the above sentence, The green vegetables are always disgusting, vegetables is the subject, are is the linking verb, disgusting is the predicate adjective, green is an adjective modifying vegetables, the is an article, and always is an adverb modifying disgusting. {“smallUrl”:“https://www. wikihow. com/images/e/e5/Sentence-diagram-participle. jpg”,“bigUrl”:”/images/thumb/e/e5/Sentence-diagram-participle. jpg/400px-Sentence-diagram-participle. jpg”,“smallWidth”:460,“smallHeight”:288,“bigWidth”:400,“bigHeight”:250,“licensing”:"<div class="mw-parser-output">
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In the above sentence, The kids threw the vegetables in the trash, kids is the subject, threw is the verb, vegetables is the direct object, in is a preposition, trash is the object of the preposition, and all three thes are articles.
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<br />\n</p></div>"} In the above sentence, The green vegetables are always disgusting, and I hate them, there are two independent clauses. Vegetables is the subject of the first clause, are is a linking verb, disgusting is the predicate adjective, the is an article, green is an adjective, and always is an adverb. I is the subject of the second clause, hate is the verb, and them is the direct object (it is a pronoun whose antecedent is vegetables). The two clauses are linked by the coordinating conjunction and. If the sentence is a simple sentence and the conjunction is joining words within it, you will split the line and join it by a broken line, or you will join two existing lines with a broken line. {“smallUrl”:“https://www. wikihow. com/images/8/8f/Sentence-diagram-conjunction-nouns. png”,“bigUrl”:"/images/8/8f/Sentence-diagram-conjunction-nouns. png",“smallWidth”:460,“smallHeight”:162,“bigWidth”:500,“bigHeight”:176,“licensing”:"<div class="mw-parser-output">
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<br />\n</p></div>"} In the first of the above sentences, I like fruits and vegetables, I is the subject, like is the verb, fruits and vegetables are the two direct objects, and and is the conjunction joining the direct objects. In the second of the above sentences, Green and yellow vegetables are disgusting, vegetables is the subject, are is the linking verb, disgusting is the predicate adjective, always is an adverb modifying disgusting, green and yellow are adjectives modifying vegetables, and and is the conjunction joining the adjectives.
In the above sentence, An unabashed herbivore, I like fruits and vegetables, I is the subject, like is the verb, fruits and vegetables are direct objects, and joins the direct objects, herbivore is in apposition to I, an is an article, and unabashed is an adjective modifying herbivore.
In the above sentence, I like to eat vegetables, I is the subject, like is the verb, to eat vegetables is an infinitive phrase made up of the verb to eat and the object vegetables.
In the above sentence, Eating vegetables is good for you, eating vegetables is a gerund phrase made up of the gerund eating and the object vegetables, is is a linking verb, good is the predicate adjective, for is a preposition, and you is the object of the preposition. Gerunds can also function as objects of prepositions. When functioning as the object of a preposition, gerunds do not need a pedestal. {“smallUrl”:“https://www. wikihow. com/images/thumb/d/d1/Sentence-diagram-gerund-preposition. png/460px-Sentence-diagram-gerund-preposition. png”,“bigUrl”:"/images/thumb/d/d1/Sentence-diagram-gerund-preposition. png/463px-Sentence-diagram-gerund-preposition. png",“smallWidth”:460,“smallHeight”:187,“bigWidth”:463,“bigHeight”:188,“licensing”:"<div class="mw-parser-output">
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<br />\n</p></div>"} In the above sentence, You can achieve a healthier lifestyle by eating vegetables, You is the subject, can achieve is a verb phrase, lifestyle is the direct object, by is a preposition, eating vegetables is a gerund phrase made up of the gerund eating and the object vegetables, healthier is an adjective modifying lifestyle, and a is an article. See Tips below for more information on verb phrases.
In the above sentence, I wish that she ate more vegetables, I is the subject; wish is the verb; that she ate more vegetables is a noun clause introduced by the expletive that and made up of the subject she, the verb ate, the direct object vegetables, and the adjective more. Noun phrases do not always need an expletive. Sometimes it is simply understood, as in the sentence I wish she ate more vegetables. When the expletive is understood, draw an X in parentheses where the word would go.
