Grammar and Language Workbook

Lesson 34
Diagraming Sentences with Clauses
Use the following models as a guide in diagraming compound sentences and complex
sentences with adjective, adverb, and noun clauses.
Crop hybridization has been used to improve crop yields, and more grain is being
exported world-wide. (compound sentence)
Our mother has a dog that barks constantly. (complex sentence with adjective clause)
If you want healthy rosebushes, you should apply liquid manure in the spring.
(complex sentence with adverb clause)
has been used
hybridization
Crop
is being exported
grain
and
more
world-wide
crop
to
improve
yields
mother
has
dog
Our
a
barks
that
constantly
should apply
manure
you
want
rosebushes
you
If
liquid
healthy
in
spring
the
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Which of many traits are desirable is an important decision. (complex sentence with
noun clause as subject)
Twelfth-grade students hope that their college applications will be accepted. (complex
sentence with noun clauses as direct object)
Here is a printout of what we are requesting. (complex sentence with noun clause as
object of preposition)
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