1. Parts of Speech There are eight parts of speech: noun adverb
pronoun preposition
verb interjection
adjective conjunction

2. Parts of Speech Noun – names a person, place, thing, or idea
boy, dog, Louisiana, pencil, love, peace
Subject – the key noun or nouns that tells what the sentence is about
The crazy boy screamed loudly.

3. Parts of Speech
Verb – a word that expresses action or a state of being
know, walk, see, be, are
Predicate – verb or verbs that express the essential thought about the subject of the sentence.
The crazy boy screamed loudly.

4. Start by drawing a horizontal and vertical line:
Diagramming
Start by drawing a horizontal and vertical line:
Simple predicate
Simple subject

5. The boy walked. A mean dog barked loudly.
Diagramming
The boy walked.
A mean dog barked loudly.
boy
walked
dog
barked

6. Diagramming
Imperative Sentences – sentence that gives a command; the subject is understood “you”
Clean your room now!
clean
(you)

7. Diagramming
Questions – turn the sentence around to make it a declarative sentence.
Are you going to the party?
You are going to the party.
are going
you

8. Diagramming Diagram the following sentences: A loud bird chirped.
The family traveled to Florida.
Answer the phone.
A horse galloped quickly.
Did you see that movie yet?

10. Parts of Speech
Adjective – modifies, or describes, a noun or pronoun by providing more information or giving a specific detail. It tells what kind, how many, which one.
funny, red, five, this, lazy
Article – the adjectives a, an, the.

11. Diagramming
Place adjectives, including articles, on a slanted line beneath the word they modify.
Simple subject
Simple predicate
Adjective

12. The boy walked. A mean dog barked.
Diagramming
The boy walked.
A mean dog barked.
boy
walked
The
dog
barked A
mean

13. Diagramming Diagram the following sentences: A loud bird chirped.
The big family traveled.
Crazy boys ran.
A large horse galloped.
The happy friends laughed.

14. Parts of Speech
Adverb – modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb. They tell how, where, when, or to what extent. They often end in –ly.
slowly, quickly, joyfully
yesterday, today, tomorrow, never
very, incredibly, quite
here, there

15. An adverb that modifies a verb:
Diagramming
An adverb that modifies a verb:
subject
verb
adverb

16. Diagramming
The boy walked slowly.
boy
walked
The
slowly

17. An adverb that modifies an adjective:
Diagramming
An adverb that modifies an adjective:
subject
verb
adjective
adverb

18. A very wild horse galloped quickly.
Diagramming
A very wild horse galloped quickly.
horse
galloped A
wild
quickly
very

19. An adverb that modifies an adverb:
Diagramming
An adverb that modifies an adverb:
subject
verb
adverb
adverb

20. The boy walked very slowly.
Diagramming
The boy walked very slowly.
boy
walked
The
slowly
very

21. Diagramming Diagram the following sentences:
A very loud bird chirped nicely .
The quite big family traveled.
The very crazy boys ran quickly.
Today, a large horse galloped.
The happy friends laughed very loudly.

22. Pronouns
pronoun – word that takes the place of one or more nouns and the words that describe those nouns.

23. Pronouns
subject pronoun – takes the place of the subject of a sentence
Singular I
you
he, she, it
Plural we
you
they

24. Pronouns
subject pronoun – takes the place of the subject of a sentence
Diagram the same as a subject:
She ate quickly.
she
ate
quickly

25. Possessive Pronouns
possessive pronouns – shows who or what has something
Singular – my, your, his, her, its
Plural – our, your, their

26. Possessive Pronouns Diagrammed the same as adjectives
My sister arrived today.
sister
arrived My
today

27. Parts of Speech
Transitive verb – verb that is followed by a noun that answers the question what? or who?
Intransitive verb - verb that is not followed by a noun that answers the question what? or who?

28. Parts of Speech He ate the cake. ate what? – cake Transitive
The boys played yesterday.
played what? – no answer
Intransitive
Mary hugged her friend.
hugged who? – friend

29. Parts of Speech Write each verb and T or I. The boys played baseball.
We studied a lot yesterday.
The bird sang a song.
Today, Mary hugged Jane.
The nice teacher spoke quietly.

30. Parts of Speech
Direct object – noun that answers the question who? or what? after transitive verb.
Bob ate a pizza.
The dog stole the bone.
The pilot landed the plane.
Brady hit the girl.

31. Diagramming a direct object:
subject
transitive verb
direct object

32. Diagramming
Bobby ate pizza.
Bobby
ate
pizza

33. The young girl ate a very large pizza today.
Diagramming
The young girl ate a very large pizza today.
girl
ate
pizza a
The
young
large
today
very

34. Types of Sentences There are four types of sentences:
Declarative – makes a statement.
The boys walked slowly.
Interrogative – asks a question
Are you going to the party?
Imperative – gives a command or makes a request
Clean your room this afternoon.
Exclamatory – expresses strong emotion
That dinner was excellent!

35. Diagramming Imperative Sentences
In an imperative sentence, the subject is always understood you. The you is placed in parentheses.
Clean the room.
(you)
Clean
room
the

36. Diagramming Sentences
Diagram the following sentences.
Yesterday, the young girls wrote a quite funny song.
Do this math homework immediately.
The new principal gave a very long speech.
The quite old lady spoke softly.
Bake a delicious chocolate cake today.

37. Indirect Object
Indirect object – answers to whom? or for whom? the verb’s action is done
only in sentences with a direct object
always comes before the direct object

38. Indirect Object Shana gave her brother a gift. gave what? gift – DO
to whom? brother – IO
The man gave Mary a rose.
gave what? rose– DO
to whom? Mary – IO

39. Diagramming an indirect object:
subject
predicate
direct object
indirect object

40. Diagramming an indirect object: The teacher gave the students a test.

41. Indirect Object The boy gave the hungry dog a bone.
The woman baked the family a chocolate cake.
The father gave the boy a long lecture.
A friend gave the girl a hug.

42. Prepositions
Preposition - word that relates a noun or a pronoun to another word in a sentence.

43. Common Prepositions about above across after against along among
around at
before
behind
below
beneath
beside
between
beyond by
down
during
for
from in
inside
into

44. Common Prepositions like near of off on onto out outside over since
through
throughout to
toward
under
until up
upon
with
within
without

45. Prepositional Phrase
prepositional phrase - group of words that begins with a preposition and ends with a noun or pronoun called the object of the preposition.

46. Prepositional Phrase The shoe was under the bed.
We walked through the woods.
The car sped around the corner.
The book is on the table.

47. Diagramming Prepositional Phrases
Connects to the noun or verb that it modifies.
Preposition goes on a slanted line
Object of the preposition goes on the horizontal line
subject
predicate
preposition
object of the preposition

48. Diagramming Prepositional Phrases
The man across the street screamed at the boys.
man
screamed at
The
across
boys
street
the
the

49. Diagramming Prepositional Phrases
Diagram the following sentences:
The big boys in the crowded hall ran very quickly.
After the crazy party, the tired kids slept soundly.
The young man in the red car sped down the quiet road.

50. Pronouns object pronoun – takes the place of an object in a sentence
Singular me
you
him, her, it
Plural us
you
them

51. Pronouns Diagrammed the same as subjects and other objects
He screamed at her. He
screamed at
her