Diagramming sentences is visualizing how to fit together the different parts of a sentence. The subject of a clause goes in one slot, the verb in another, and so on. Words that modify another word are attached to the word they modify.
Here are basic rules in diagramming sentences.
1. Identify the sentence elements.
2. Place the subject, verb and direct object together and underline them.
3. Separate the subject from the verb with a vertical line that crosses the underline.
4. Separate the direct object from the verb with a vertical line that does not cross the underline.
5. Keep adjectives and articles with the noun they modify and place them on separate diagonal lines touching
the word they modify.
SAMPLES OF ASSESSMENT TASKS
People were singing.
Giraffes can clean their ears with their long Toungs.
I walk quickly.
I saw them swimming.
The cat is eating.
INSIGHTS OR REFLECTION
A helpful practice to better comprehend a sentence's grammatical structure is to diagram it. A sentence diagram is a picture that shows how a sentence is put together and what each word does. You must arrange each word in its appropriate location within the diagram during this exercise, which makes use of lines to show how and which words link to one another.