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Parts of speech
Susan Pozo
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Parts of a sentence- tree diagram
Sentence
Clause
Adverb Prepositional
Noun Phrase Verb Phrase
Phrase Phrase
Determiner Noun Auxilary Auxilary Main Verb Adverb Preposition Noun phrase
Determiner Noun
Performer of the Verbs name action Receives the how? where? when?
action (in Active or state of being action
voice)
I bought a hat yesterday
The children have gone home
We ate our meal in silence
The pilot completed his training at Embry Riddle last year
Aeronautical
University
The boy enjoys fishing
We sang so well yesterday.
Alberto drives carefully.
Michelle speaks spanish fluently.
The bird cleaned itself in the bird bath
Lisa is Reading a magazine
Susan Pozo
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Sentence-
Verb
Susan Pozo
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Complement
Subject Verb Complement Modifiers
Object
Manner Place Time
John bought a cake yesterday
Jill was driving a new car
He wants to drink some water
She saw John at the movies last night
They called Mary yesterday
He was smoking a cigarette
What did John buy?
Similar to subject- Its usually a noun or a noun phrase What was Jill driving?
What does he want to drink?
It follows the verb when the sentence is in active voice. Whom did she see at the movies?
EVERY SENTENCE DOES NOT REQUIRE A COMPLEMENT. Whom did she call yesterday?
It cannot begin with a preposition What was he smoking?
Susan Pozo
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The modifier normally follows complement, but not always. However, the modifier, especially when it is a prepositional phrase, usually cannot separate
the verb and the complement.
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Jill is buying a new hat in the store
subject verb phrase complement modifier of place