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For diagramming practice, here are some sentences that may use subjects,
verbs, objects, modifiers, appositives, objective complements, verbal
and prepositional phrases., or clauses. (P.S. These are difficult; work
slowly.)
- Teaching school is what I do. [solution]
- Rising early, I drive to school while traffic is light.
[solution]
- The boy who is covered with suds helped me to wash my
car. [solution]
- He and I made the car a bright clean red. [solution]
- That was too bad, since the car had been white.
[solution]
- It was clear that something had gone wrong. [solution]
- I gave replacing the car (or the boy) serious consideration.
[solution]
- When I rethought the situation, I changed my mind.
[solution]
- The boy was my student, and he had therefore suffered
enough. [solution]
- I knew he would succeed at whatever he tried..
[solution]
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