Grammar and Language Workbook

Unit 9, Diagraming Sentences 189

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Grammar

Lesson 57

Diagraming Compound Sentence Parts

When you diagram compound parts of a sentence, place the second part of the

compound below the first.

Compound Subject: Casaba and cantaloupe are melons.

Compound Predicate: Fruit trees grow and blossom.

Compound Sentence: Some fruits are sweet, but some have a tart taste.

Exercise 1 Diagram each sentence.

1.Geanna or Rodolfo could do the

artwork.

2.The library and the post office close at

noon on Saturday.

are melons

Casaba and

cantaloupe

trees

and grow

Fruit blossom

fruits are sweet

Some

a tart

some have taste

but