Diagramming

Question 1

Name the 5 special indefinite pronouns.

Answer 1

1) all
2) some
3) any
4) none
5) most

Question 2

What’s so special about special indefinite pronouns?

Answer 2

May be singular or plural depending on meaning.

Check the object of the preposition!

Question 3

What is the 1st step of diagramming?

Answer 3

Isolate and ignore all prepositional phrases.

Question 4

What is the 2nd step of diagramming?

Answer 4

Read the sentence.

Question 5

Which do you find first, verb or subject?

Answer 5

Verb then subject

Question 6

What do you find after the verb and subject?

Answer 6

5 Direct object (ask whom? Or what?)

Question 7

5 is the direct object, what’s #6?

Answer 7

Indirect object (ask TO whom? or FOR whom?)

Question 8

After you: 1) Isolated and ignored prepositional phrases
2) Read the sentence
3) Find the verb/s
4) Find the subject
5) Find the direct object
6) Find the indirect object
What is next?

Answer 8

7) Find the predicate nominative

Question 9

Diagramming steps 8 and 9 both start with ad…

What are they?

Answer 9

8) adjectives (ask How many? How much? What kind?
Which one?)

9) adverbs (ask How? When, Where? or to What Degree?)

Question 10

The 1st and 10th steps are both for the same part of speech. What is it?

Answer 10

Prepositional phrases

Question 11

What does the 10 steps of diagramming acronym stand for?

Pets Rarely Visit Santa During Icicle Prizes At Any Park

Answer 11

1. Prepositional phrases (isolate and ignore)
2. Read sentence
   3-4. Verb/s and Subject
   5-6. Direct object and Indirect object
3. Predicate nominative
   8-9. Adjectives and Adverbs
4. Prepositions (revisit, adjectives or adverbs?)

Question 12

What is an adjective?

Answer 12

Adjectives describe nouns.

They tell us - How many? How much? What kind? Which one?

Question 13

What are adverbs?

Answer 13

Adverbs describe verbs.

They tell us - How? When? Where? Why To what degree?

Question 14

Step 10, you revisit the prepositional phrases. How do you know where they go?

Answer 14

Figure out if they’re adjectives or adverbs.
Adjectives go under nouns.
Adverbs go under verbs.

Question 15

Name the 8 linking verbs

Answer 15

am, is, are, was, were, be, being, been

Question 16

Why are linking verbs special?

Answer 16

They can show action or linking verbs depending upon use.

Action - She is cold. (action verb)
Linking - She is running. (linking verb)

Question 17

Which two questions do you ask about the Subject?

Answer 17

Who is doing the action?
or
What is doing the action?

Question 18

Which two questions do you ask about the Verb/s?

Answer 18

What action is taking place?

Where is the linking verb?

Question 19

Which two questions do you ask about the Direct Object?

Answer 19

Whom?
or
What?

Question 20

Which two questions do you ask about the Indirect Object?

Answer 20

To whom?
or
For whom?

Question 21

Which two questions do you ask about the Predicate Nominative?

Answer 21

Who?
or
What?

Question 22

Which four questions do you ask about the Adjectives?

Answer 22

How Many?
How much?
What kind?
Which one?

Question 23

Which five questions do you ask about the Adverbs?

Answer 23

How? When? Where? Why?

To what degree?

Question 24

For prepositional phrases, what are the four adjective questions?

Answer 24

How Many?
How much?
What kind?
Which one?

Question 25

For prepositional phrases, what are the five adverb questions?

Answer 25

How? When?
Where? Why?
To what degree