Subjects
Identify the subject: "The dog barks loudly."
What is "The dog"?
Identify the verb: "She runs every morning."
What is "runs"?
Identify the verb phrase: "She will be attending the conference."
Answer: What is "will be attending"?
Identify the adjective: "The tall building is impressive."
Answer: What is "tall"?
What is the first step in diagramming a simple sentence?
Answer: What is identifying the subject and verb?
What is the subject in: "The students are studying for the exam."
What are "The students"?
What is the verb in: "They are playing soccer."
What is "are playing"?
What is the verb phrase in: "They have been working hard all week"?
Answer: What is "have been working"?
What is the adjective in: "The delicious cake was gone"?
Answer: What is "delicious"?
In diagramming, how do you represent adjectives?
Answer: What is by placing themon a diagonal line under the nouns they modify?
Identify the subject: "During the summer, the sun shines brightly."
What is "the sun"?
Identify the verb in this sentence: "He finished his homework."
What is "finished"?
Identify the verb phrase in this sentence: "The team is going to win the championship."
Answer: What is "is going to win"?
Identify the adjective in this sentence: "The blue car sped past us."
Answer: What is "blue"?
What is the purpose of a vertical line in a sentence diagram?
Answer: What is to separate the subject and the verb?
In the sentence, "My best friend and I completed the project," identify the subject.
What is "My best friend and I"?
In the sentence, "The cat is sleeping on the couch," what is the verb?
What is "is sleeping"?
In the sentence, "He should have called me," what is the verb phrase?
Answer: What is "should have called"?
In the sentence, "She wore a beautiful dress," what is the adjective?
Answer: What is "beautiful"?
Who is the subject in this sentence: "The committee has reached a decision."
What is "The committee"?
What is the main verb in: "The children have been waiting for the bus"?
What is "have been waiting"?
What is the verb phrase in: "She might have completed the assignment on time"?
Answer: What is "might have completed"?
What is the adjective in: "That movie was incredibly boring"?
Answer: What is "boring"?