Two Sentence Patterns Built on Action Verbs

1. Two Sentence Patterns Built on Action Verbs Lesson 3 Joseph C. Blumenthal

2. Two Sentence Patterns Built on Action Verbs • Nearly every simple sentence that we make falls into one of three basic patterns. Two of these patterns involve action verbs. Choose the one verb which indicates action. was pushed seemed

3. Two Sentence Patterns Built on Action Verbs • Nearly every simple sentence that we make falls into one of three basic patterns. Two of these patterns involve action verbs. Choose the one verb which indicates action. waspushedseemed

4. Two Sentence Patterns Built on Action Verbs • Some action verbs indicate actions of the body; others indicate actions of the mind. • worked, drove washed, wrote, lifted • thought, hoped, believed, decided, understood Which group of verbs indicates actions of the mind?

5. Two Sentence Patterns Built on Action Verbs • Some action verbs indicate actions of the body; others indicate actions of the mind. • worked, drove washed, wrote, lifted • thought, hoped, believed, decided, understood Which group of verbs indicates actions of the mind?

6. Two Sentence Patterns Built on Action Verbs • Action verbs can sometimes make complete statements about their subjects without the need of any other words. • Harvey stumbled • Harvey sharpened Does the action verb make a complete statement about its subject in a or b?

7. Two Sentence Patterns Built on Action Verbs • Action verbs can sometimes make complete statements about their subjects without the need of any other words. • Harvey stumbled. • Harvey sharpened. Does the action verb make a complete statement about its subject in a or b?

8. Two Sentence Patterns Built on Action Verbs • Our guest brought • Our guest arrived Does the action verb make a complete statement about its subject in a or b?

9. Two Sentence Patterns Built on Action Verbs • Our guest brought • Our guest arrived Does the action verb make a complete statement about its subject in a or b?

10. Two Sentence Patterns Built on Action Verbs • The action verb that makes a complete statement about its subject gives us our first sentence pattern: PATTERN I: Subject-Action Verb • Our guest brought… • Our guest arrived. Which word group represents Pattern I?

11. Two Sentence Patterns Built on Action Verbs • The action verb that makes a complete statement about its subject gives us our first sentence pattern: PATTERN I: Subject-Action Verb • Our guest brought… • Our guest arrived. Which word group represent Pattern I?

12. Two Sentence Patterns Built on Action Verbs • Any sentence is Pattern I if the action verb by itselfmakes a complete statement about its subject—no matter how many other words and phrases may be present. • Our guest arrived. • Our guest from Ohio arrived by plane this morning. Both a and b are Pattern I sentences. (true, false)

13. Two Sentence Patterns Built on Action Verbs • Any sentence is Pattern I if the action verb by itself makes a complete statement about its subject—no matter how many other words and phrases may be present. • Our guest arrived. • Our guest from Ohio arrived by plane this morning. Both a and b are Pattern I sentences. (true, false)

14. Two Sentence Patterns Built on Action Verbs Our guest from Ohio arrived by plane this morning. This is a Pattern I sentence because Our guest arrivedis (complete, incomplete) in its meaning.

15. Two Sentence Patterns Built on Action Verbs Our guest from Ohio arrived by plane this morning. This is a Pattern I sentence because Our guest arrivedis (complete, incomplete) in its meaning.

16. Two Sentence Patterns Built on Action Verbs • The coachesagreed with each other. • The coachescompared the two teams. Read just the subject and verb in each sentence, omitting the words that follow them. Which sentence is Pattern I because the verb by itself can make a statement about its subject that is completein meaning?

17. Two Sentence Patterns Built on Action Verbs • The coachesagreed with each other. • The coachescompared the two teams. Read just the subject and verb in each sentence, omitting the words that follow them. Which sentence is Pattern I because the verb by itself can make a statement about its subject that is complete in meaning? a.

18. Two Sentence Patterns Built on Action Verbs • The coaches agreed • The coaches compared Which group of words requires the addition of other words to complete its meaning?

19. Two Sentence Patterns Built on Action Verbs • The coaches agreed • The coaches compared. Which group of words requires the addition of other words to complete its meaning?b

20. Two Sentence Patterns Built on Action Verbs The coaches compared...(What?) What did the coaches compare—the fans, the stadiums, or the teams? We don’t know. Until we answer this question, them meaning of the sentence is (complete, incomplete).

21. Two Sentence Patterns Built on Action Verbs The coaches compared...(What?) What did the coaches compare—the fans, the stadiums, or the teams? We don’t know. Until we answer this question, them meaning of the sentence is (complete, incomplete).

22. Two Sentence Patterns Built on Action Verbs The coaches compared the two teams. Now we know what the coaches compared, and the meaning of our sentence is complete. Which word follows the verb comparedto complete the meaning of the sentence? What did they compare? _______

23. Two Sentence Patterns Built on Action Verbs The coaches compared the two teams. Now we know what the coaches compared, and the meaning of our sentence is complete. Which word follows the verb compared to complete the meaning of the sentence? What did they compare? teams

24. Two Sentence Patterns Built on Action Verbs A word that follows a verb and completes the meaning of a sentence is known as a complement, which is the grammar name for a completer. A complement, or completer, is sometimes needed after a verb to _______the meaning of a sentence.

25. Two Sentence Patterns Built on Action Verbs A word that follows a verb and completes the meaning of a sentence is known as a complement, which is the grammar name for a completer. A complement, or completer, is sometimes needed after a verb to complete the meaning of a sentence.

26. Two Sentence Patterns Built on Action Verbs The police blocked the road. Because the noun roadis needed to complete the meaning of this sentence, it is a .

27. Two Sentence Patterns Built on Action Verbs The police blocked the road. Because the noun road is needed to complete the meaning of this sentence, it is acomplement or completer.

28. Two Sentence Patterns Built on Action Verbs The kind of complement that receives the action of the verb or shows the result of this action is called a direct object. The teacherwill correct the tests. Which word is a direct object because it receivesthe action of the verb will correct?

29. Two Sentence Patterns Built on Action Verbs The kind of complement that receives the action of the verb or shows the result of this action is called a direct object. The teacherwill correct the tests. Which word is a direct object because it receivesthe action of the verb will correct? tests

30. Two Sentence Patterns Built on Action Verbs The cashiermade a slight mistake. Which word is a direct object because it shows the result of the action of the verbmade?

31. Two Sentence Patterns Built on Action Verbs The cashiermade a slight mistake. Which word is a direct object because it shows the result of the action of the verbmade? mistake

32. Two Sentence Patterns Built on Action Verbs • The companymanufactures trucks. • The companyrepairs trucks. In one sentence, the trucks already exist and receive the action of the verb.

33. Two Sentence Patterns Built on Action Verbs • The companymanufactures trucks. • The companyrepairs trucks. In one sentence, the trucks already exist and receive the action of the verb. In the other, the trucks are the result of the action.

34. Two Sentence Patterns Built on Action Verbs • The companymanufactures trucks. • The companyrepairs trucks. In one sentence, the trucks already exist and receive the action of the verb. In the other, the trucks are the result of the action. The direct object receives the actionin sentence (a, b).

35. Two Sentence Patterns Built on Action Verbs • The companymanufactures trucks. • The companyrepairstrucks. In one sentence, the trucks already exist and receives the action of the verb. In the other, the trucks are the result of the action. The direct object receives the actionin sentence (a, b).

36. Two Sentence Patterns Built on Action Verbs The sentence that contains a direct object gives us our second sentence pattern. PATTERN II: Subject—Action Verb Direct Object A sentence in Pattern II has three basic parts. The third basic part is the object.

37. Two Sentence Patterns Built on Action Verbs The sentence that contains a direct object gives us our second sentence pattern. PATTERN II: Subject—Action Verb Direct Object A sentence in Pattern II has three basic parts. The third basic part is the directobject.

38. Two Sentence Patterns Built on Action Verbs PATTERN II: The speakershowed a movie of his travels. Notice that the action begins with the subject and ends with the direct object. The direct object of an action verb is the goal of its action. Which word is the direct object in the example above?

39. Two Sentence Patterns Built on Action Verbs PATTERN II: The speakershowed a movie of his travels. Notice that the action begins with the subject and ends with the direct object. The direct object of an action verb is the goal of its action. Which word is the direct object in the example above? movie

40. Two Sentence Patterns Built on Action Verbs Don’t mistake another word that may follow an action verb for a direct object. To be a direct object, a word must either receive the action of the verb or show the result of the .

41. Two Sentence Patterns Built on Action Verbs Don’t mistake another word that may follow an action verb for a direct object. To be a direct object, a word must either receive the action of the verb or show the result of the action.

42. Two Sentence Patterns Built on Action Verbs • Mr. Pricereturnedrecently. • Mr. Price returned money. Does the word recently or money receive the action of the verb returned? (Hint: which one could you physically return?)

43. Two Sentence Patterns Built on Action Verbs • Mr. Pricereturnedrecently. • Mr. Price returnedmoney. Does the word recently or money receive the action of the verb returned? Money (Hint: which one could you physically return?)

44. Two Sentence Patterns Built on Action Verbs • Mr. Pricereturnedrecently. • Mr. Price returnedmoney. So which sentence contains a direct object that receives action?

45. Two Sentence Patterns Built on Action Verbs • Mr. Pricereturnedrecently. • Mr. Price returnedmoney. So which sentence contains a direct object that receives action? b.

46. Two Sentence Patterns Built on Action Verbs • The rainstopped the game. • The rain stopped suddenly. Which sentence contains a direct object?

47. Two Sentence Patterns Built on Action Verbs • The rainstopped thegame. • The rain stopped suddenly. Which sentence contains a direct object? a

48. Two Sentence Patterns Built on Action Verbs PatternI is built around a two-part framework: a subject and an action verb. Pattern II is built around a three-part framework: a subject, an action verb, and a .

49. Two Sentence Patterns Built on Action Verbs PatternI is built around a two-part framework: a subject and an action verb. Pattern II is built around a three-part framework: a subject, an action verb, and a directobject.

50. Two Sentence Patterns Built on Action Verbs • All good citizens vote on Election Day. • All good citizens cast their vote on Election Day. Which sentence is Pattern II because the verb is followed by a direct object?