Compound Verb Diagrams

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Compound Verb Diagrams

• Kim C. Romero
• Jack Britt High School

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Compound Verb Diagrams

• Sentences that contain compound verbs require two
  parallel lines joined by diagonal lines to the
  horizontal line containing the subject.
• Notice how the conjunction(s) is/are written on a
  dotted line connecting the verbs.

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verb
Subject
Conj
verb
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Examples

• She swung and missed.

swung
She
and
missed
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Examples

• Kenisha and Reva ate and drank.

Kenisha
ate
and
and
Reva
drank
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Examples

• Frederick either plays or watches.

plays
Frederick
either
or
watches
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Examples

• The hen and the rooster watched and waited.

hen
watched
The
and
and
rooster
waited
the