Diagramming the Parts of Speech Here is everything you need to know about diagramming the parts of speech! Have fun. It makes an excellent reference book for your classroom or personal use. Learn more here. 
These have many jobs in a sentence. They can be the subject, direct object, indirect object, or the object of the preposition.  They can also be predicate nouns.  Nouns can also be objective complements. An objective complement is a noun or an adjective that completes the direct object.  Back to Sentence Diagramming Index Don't you just love diagramming the parts of speech? There are a few different types of verbs, and each type is diagrammed a little differently. You can learn more about diagramming verbs on this page.  Learn more about diagramming transitive active verbs. Learn more about diagramming transitive passive and intransitive linking verbs. Back to Sentence Diagramming Index Since these describe nouns or pronouns, the line for them will always come from the noun or pronoun that they are describing. Determiners are a type of adjective, so they are diagrammed just like other adjectives. Learn more about diagramming adjectives.   Adjectives (and nouns) can also be objective complements. Back to Sentence Diagramming Index Since these describe verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs, the line for them will always come from the verb, adjective, or adverb that they are describing. Learn more about diagramming adverbs.  Back to Sentence Diagramming Index Prepositions are always found in prepositional phrases (a preposition + an object of the preposition). The whole phrase acts as either an adjective or an adverb, and the preposition itself is diagrammed on a diagonal line coming from the word the phrase is modifying. Learn more about diagramming prepositions.  Back to Sentence Diagramming Index Conjunctions connect different parts of a sentence. Coordinating conjunctions are diagramed on a vertical dotted line between the elements that they are connecting. Learn more about diagramming coordinating conjunctions.  Subordinating conjunctions are diagramed on a diagonal dotted line between the elements that they are connecting. Learn more about diagramming subordinating conjunctions.  Back to Sentence Diagramming Index It's easy to see that interjections are not related to the rest of the sentence. They just float above the sentence on their own line! Nouns of direct address and introductory words are diagrammed the same way as interjections. Learn more about diagramming interjections.  Back to Sentence Diagramming Index I wasn't sure where to put these, so here they are on the parts of speech page! Appositives are nouns that rename the subject.  Here is another category that landed on the parts of speech page because I don't know where else to put them! Negatives like not or n't are adverbs. That means that they go on a slanted line under the verb. If you have a contraction like isn't, you put the verb is on the verb line and the adverb n't on the adverb line. You can either write n't as n't or not, since n't is a contraction for not.  |
