Diagramming Sentences

An adjective is a word that describes a noun, giving more information about it. For example, in 'the gigantic spider', 'gigantic' is the adjective.

The adjective is 'tall'.

A noun is a word that names a person, place, thing, or idea. For example, 'dog', 'city', and 'happiness' are all nouns.

The noun is 'cat'.

A verb is a word that expresses an action or a state of being. For example, 'run', 'is', and 'jump' are verbs.

The verb is 'runs'.

An adverb is a word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb, often ending in '-ly'. For example, 'quickly' in 'She runs quickly' is an adverb.

The adverb is 'softly'.

An adverb can tell us how, when, where, or to what extent something happens.

The adverb tells us where I jogged.