Simple Sentence Diagrams

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Simple Sentence Diagrams
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Simple sentences (subject-verb)

• Simple sentences require a single horizontal line
  bisected by a vertical line which separates the
  subject from the verb.
• The articles a, an, and the are adjectives and
  are placed on a diagonal line beneath the noun(s)
  they modify.

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Examples

• Trees sway.

Trees
sway
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Example

• The birds can sing.

birds
can sing
The
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Diagram these sentences

• Dogs run.

Dogs
run
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• Cats climb.

Cats
climb
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• The fish swim.

swim
fish
The
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• Snakes slide.

snakes
slide
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• A duck quacks.

duck
quacks
A
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Your Turn

• The salamanders slither.
• Dinosaurs rumble.
• Badgers burrow.
• The hyena yelps.
• Giraffes can run.