Unit 9, Diagraming Sentences 181Copyright © by Glencoe/McGraw-Hill
GrammarLesson 53
Diagraming the Four Kinds of SentencesThe simple subject and the simple predicate of four kinds of sentences are
diagramed below. Notice that the location of the simple subject and the simple
predicate in a sentence diagram is always the same, regardless of word order in
the sentence. In an interrogative sentence the simple subject often comes between
the two parts of a verb phrase. In an imperative sentence the simple subject is
understood to be you.
Declarative: The house has central heat.Interrogative: Does it have air conditioning?Imperative: Turn down the thermostat at ten o’clock.Exclamatory: How warm it is in this room!Exercise 1 Diagram only the simple subject and the simple predicate.house hasit Does have(you) Turnit is1.Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin. 2.The ice cream will melt there.