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Adjectives, Adverbs, and Direct Objects

An adjective is a word that describes a noun or pronoun.
Articles (a, an, the) are special types of adjectives.

An adverb is a word that describes a verb, adjective, or

another adverb.

A direct object is a noun that receives the action of a verb.

example: A brown squirrel carefully buried the nuts.

The word a is a special kind of adjective called an article.
The word brown is an adjective that describes squirrel.
The word carefully is an adverb that describes the word buried.
The word the is a special kind of adjective called an article.
The word nuts is a direct object to describe what the squirrel buries.

Here is how you make a diagram of a sentence with adjectives, adverbs and
direct objects:
squirrel buried nuts.
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th
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Draw a red line below each adjective. Draw a blue line below each adverb. Draw a green
line below each direct object. Then diagram each sentence.

1. The young author wrote novels.

2. Maria excitedly ate breakfast.

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Adjectives, Adverbs, and Direct Objects

3. The blue whale dove deep.

4. The wise woman thoughtfully answered questions.

5. Newborn babies usually cry.

6. The young man often whistles catchy tunes.

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Adjectives, Adverbs, and Direct Objects
An adjective is a word that describes a noun or pronoun.
Articles (a, an, the) are special types of adjectives.

An adverb is a word that describes a verb, adjective, or

another adverb.

A direct object is a noun that receives the action of a verb.

example: A brown squirrel carefully buried the nuts.

The word a is a special kind of adjective called an article.
The word brown is an adjective that describes squirrel.
The word carefully is an adverb that describes the word buried.
The word the is a special kind of adjective called an article.
The word nuts is a direct object to describe what the squirrel buries.

Here is how you make a diagram of a sentence with adjectives, adverbs and
direct objects:
squirrel buried nuts.
ca
br

th
A

re
ow

e
fu
n

lly

Draw a red line below each adjective. Draw a blue line below each adverb. Draw a green
line below each direct object. Then diagram each sentence.

1. The young author wrote novels.

author wrote novels.
yo
Th

un
e

2. Maria excitedly ate breakfast.

Maria ate breakfast.

ex
ci
te
dl
y

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Adjectives, Adverbs, and Direct Objects
3. The blue whale dove deep.

whale dove

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4. The wise woman thoughtfully answered questions.

woman answered questions.

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5. Newborn babies usually cry.

babies cry.
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6. The young man often whistles catchy tunes.

man whistles tunes.

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