Compound Subject Diagrams

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Compound Subject Diagrams

• Kim C. Romero
• Jack Britt High School
• English I

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Compound Subjects

• Sentences that contain compound subjects require
  two parallel lines joined by diagonal lines to
  the horizontal line containing the verb.
• Notice how the conjunction is written on a dotted
  line connecting the subjects.

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subject
adjective
verb
conjunction
subject
adjective
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Examples

• Alison and Amanda won.

Alison
won
and
Amanda
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Examples

• The shells and grenades exploded.

shells
exploded
and
The
grenades
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Examples

• A fighter and a bomber collided.

fighter
collided
a
and
bomber
a
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Examples
The sailors and the marines fought.
sailors
the
and
fought
marines
the
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Your Turn

• Diagram these sentences.
• The horse and rider fell.
• The castle and the parapet were broken.
• General Grant and General Lee met.
• The general and the officers surrendered.
• The village and the countryside were destroyed.