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Contents
10 Modes of Modifiers................................................................................................ 1
Correcting Run-On Sentences..................................................................................... 1
Subjects, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, and conjunctions..............................................2
To find the subject................................................................................................... 2
To find the verb....................................................................................................... 2
To find an adjective................................................................................................. 2
To find an adverb..................................................................................................... 2
To find demonstrative pronouns.............................................................................. 2
Diagramming modifiers........................................................................................... 2
Intransitive Verb...................................................................................................... 3
Transitive Verb......................................................................................................... 3
To find a Direct Object............................................................................................. 3
Object Complement................................................................................................ 4
To find an indirect object......................................................................................... 5
Prepositional Phrases.................................................................................................. 5
Participle & Gerund Phrases....................................................................................... 5
Relative Clauses......................................................................................................... 6
Prepositional, Participle, Gerund, and Infinitive Phrases.............................................6
Simple sentences, complements, appositives, and prepositional and verbal phrases6
All elements from Practice 1 plus adjective, adverb, and noun clauses.....................6
10 Modes of Modifiers
Modifiers can also be classified into these categories:
1. Initial dependent clause: Even though I was tired, I went for a walk.
2. Initial infinitive phrase: To calm down, I went for a walk.
3. Initial adverb: Immediately, I went for a walk.
4. Initial participial phrase: Trying to distract myself, I went for a walk.
5. Mid-sentence appositive: I, in an effort to calm down, went for a
walk.
6. Mid-sentence participial phrase: I, trying to distract myself, went for
a walk.
7. Terminal present participial phrase: I went for a walk, hoping to
distract myself.
8. Terminal past participial phrase: I went for a walk, soothed by the
breeze.
9. Terminal resumptive phrase: I went for a walk a walk that did me
good.
10.Terminal summative phrase: I went for a walk, an activity that calmed
me down and distracted me from my troubles.
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coordinating conjunctions: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so.
Either/ or: Either she will quit, or she will work longer hours. Neither/ nor: Neither
Onley nor Pete knows how to fix the stove. As/ as: The wind is as cold as ice. Such/
that: Such is Gaoyus happiness that he bought all of us dinner. Both/ and: Both
Hansel and Gretel ate too many sweets.
Hess, Amy Lynn (2014-01-22). Diagramming Sentences: A Playful Way to Analyze Everyday Language
(Kindle Locations 447-455). Gypsy Daughter. Kindle Edition.
To find an adjective
Adjectives tell us what kind? How many? Which one? Whose?
To find an adverb
Adverbs tell us how? When? Where? To what extent?
Diagramming modifiers
Sues little dog walks carefully.
dog
walks
dog
leaps
Intransitive Verb
An action verb that does not require an object (a noun or pronoun) to receive the
action of the verb
1. Dora babysits.
2. The children play, and Dora laughs.
3. Each player plays well.
Transitive Verb
An action verb that has an object (a noun or pronoun) receive the action of the verb
You can write a sentence with a transitive verb in the active voice, or it can be
written in the passive voice. The active voice places emphasis on the subject, the
do-er of the action, and the passive voice places emphasis on the object.
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1. Active voice:
a. The babysitter watched the children.
Passive voice:
b. The children were watched.
2. Active voice:
a. The quarterback passed the ball.
Passive voice: The ball was passed
Object Complement
Unlike an object complement, which will always follow a direct object, an indirect
object will always come before the direct object in a sentence. Remember, a
sentence must have a direct object in order to have an indirect object.
Definition
Declarative sentence
Example
Victoria purchased a video
Imperative
Exclamatory
Interrogative
makes statements
Imperative sentence
makes demands or
requests
Exclamatory statements
make important or
exciting statements
Interrogative sentences
ask questions
camera
Hand me the instruction
manual
The camera is falling!
Auxiliary verbs
To be verbs
Am
Is
Are
Was
Were
Be
Being
Been
To have verbs
Have
Has
Had
Interrogative sentences
To do verbs
Do
Does
Did
Modal verb
Shall
Will
Should
Would
May
Might
Must
Can
Could
Prepositional Phrases
A prepositional phrase is made up of a preposition, the object of the preposition
(noun or pronoun), and any words that modify the object of the preposition
(adjectives or articles).
A prepositional phrase is a phrase that can be used as
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The airplane stops at the gate, and the captain helps passengers down the ramp
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Predicate Adjective
The second type of subject complement is the predicate adjective. Predicate
adjectives also follow linking verbs and complement their subjects. The difference
between a predicate adjective and predicate nominative is simply the part of
speech: one is an adjective, and the other is a noun.
Linking Verbs
Although predicate nominatives and predicate adjectives are different parts of
speech, they have something in common. Both types of subject complements follow
linking verbs. So far we have been diagramming example sentences and practice
sentences that contain only action verbs. Now we will learn about the second type
of verb, which is the linking verb.
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As shown in the previous table, verbals will function in a sentence as any noun,
adjective, or adverb will function. Therefore, a verbal may appear as a subject, in
the predicate as a complement or object, as a modifier, or as a verbal phrase with
its own verbal complement.
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Expletives
When a sentence begins with "There," Here, or "It," and a form of the verb to
be," the sentence is said to have an expletive
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Relative Clauses
We will now study relative pronouns, pronominal adjectives (pronouns used as
adjectives), and the subordinating conjunction.
Begin relative clauses, which are dependent clauses that behave like adverbs or
adjectives within a sentence. These pronouns connect a clause to its antecedent,
the person, place, thing, or idea to which the pronoun refers.
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