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LESSON 14: COORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS (COMPOUND ADJECTIVES & ADVERBS)

Relevant Review

• Conjunctions join two or more words, phrases, or clauses.

• Coordinating conjunctions = for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so

• When diagrammed, coordinating conjunctions go on straight, dotted lines

between the words, phrases, or clauses they are connecting.

• Adjectives describe nouns and pronouns.

• Adverbs describe verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs.

Lesson

Do you remember how to diagram compound subjects, verbs, and direct objects? Good!

We'll now start diagramming compound adjectives and adverbs.

Refresher

Adjectives modify nouns and pronouns. Nouns and pronouns can perform different jobs. You’ve learned about these noun and pronoun jobs so far.

• Subject (Lesson 1) • Object of the Preposition (Lessons 9 -11) • Direct Object (Lesson 12)

Diagramming Compound Adjectives

Diagramming compound adjectives is easy! Draw a dotted, horizontal line between the adjectives that the conjunction is joining. Write the coordinating conjunction on that line.

The gray and white cat jumped.

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The adjectives in the above example sentence are modifying the subject cat, but remember that adjectives can modify ANY noun or pronoun (subject, object of the preposition, direct object).

Diagramming Compound Adverbs

Guess what? Diagramming compound adverbs is similar to diagramming compound adjectives.

Draw the horizontal, dotted line between the adverbs that the conjunction is joining.

He ran happily and quickly.

It is rare to have a compound adverb modifying an adjective or adverb. For this reason, we’re only studying compound adverbs that modify verbs.


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Lesson 14 Sentence Diagramming Exercises

1. Yellow and white frosting lined the gingerbread house.

Key

Yellow and white frosting lined the gingerbread house.

sentence – statement

frosting subject (noun)

Yellow, white compound adjectives

and coordinating conjunction

lined verb (transitive active)

house direct object (noun)

the, gingerbread adjectives


2. On Saturday, my soccer team played aggressively but respectfully.

Key

On Saturday, my soccer team played aggressively but respectfully.


team subject (noun)

my, soccer adjectives

played verb (intransitive complete)

On Saturday prepositional phrase (adverb, modifying played)

On preposition

Saturday object of the preposition (noun)

aggressively, respectfully compound adverbs

but coordinating conjunction


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3. Mom or Dad will happily record the movie and the game.

Key

Mom or Dad will happily record the movie and the game.


Mom, Dad compound subjects (nouns)

or coordinating conjunction

will record verb phrase

will helping verb

record main verb (transitive active)

happily adverb

movie, game compound direct objects (nouns)


the adjective

the adjective


4. Tonight and tomorrow, blue and red fireworks will explode at dusk.

Key

Tonight and tomorrow, blue and red fireworks will explode at dusk.


fireworks subject (noun)

blue, red compound adjectives


will explode verb phrase

will helping verb

explode main verb (intransitive complete)

Tonight, tomorrow compound adverbs


at dusk prepositional phrase (adverb, modifying will explode)

at preposition

dusk object of the preposition (noun)


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5. Did Hannah or Adam bake this delicious and beautiful cake?

Key

Did Hannah or Adam bake this delicious and beautiful cake?

sentence – question

Hannah or Adam did bake this delicious and beautiful cake.


Hannah, Adam compound subjects (nouns)

or coordinating conjunction

Did bake verb phrase

Did helping verb

bake main verb (transitive active)

cake direct object (noun)

this adjective

delicious, beautiful compound adjectives


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