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1.0 Diagramming Subjects & Verbs
**Directions:** Diagram the following sentences. Put the **subject** on the left side of the vertical line and the ** verb ** on the right side of the vertical line. Remember that helping verbs are part of the verb. See these pages for help:

[|sentence construction], [|verb phrases], [|list of helping verbs] **Example:** Cats will meow. 1. Flowers grow. 2. Birds were chirping. 3. Bunnies hop. 4. Cailey must have been sleeping. 5. Sydney has been playing.

1.1 Diagramming Questions
See this page for help: [|interrogative sentences] **Example:** The question //Have you been cooking?// becomes the statement //You have been cooking.// 1. Can I run? 2. Did Josh eat? 3. Should we have been swimming? <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">4. Has Lucy been reading? <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">5. Are they coming?
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Directions: **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Diagram the following questions. Remember that you should first turn the question into a statement. Then, you can put the **subject** on the left side of the vertical line and the **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #f95116; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">verb **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> on the right side of the vertical line.