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Basic Sentence Patterns

Basic Sentence Patterns. a nd Basic Sentence Parts. Basic Parts of a Sentence. Subject Verb Prepositional Phrase Direct Object Indirect Object Predicate Nominative Predicate Adjective. S-V vs. S-V-PP. She ran . She ran around the track . They talked .

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Basic Sentence Patterns

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  1. Basic Sentence Patterns and Basic Sentence Parts

  2. Basic Parts of a Sentence • Subject • Verb • Prepositional Phrase • Direct Object • Indirect Object • Predicate Nominative • Predicate Adjective

  3. S-V vs. S-V-PP • Sheran. • Sheranaround the track. • Theytalked. • Theytalked to her parents. • He played. • He playedwithhisLegos.

  4. Transitive Action Verbs • All of the previous sentences used ACTION verbs. Not onlythat, theyused TRANSITIVE action verbs. That means, the verbscan stand alone – theydon’t NEED an object to followthem. Notice the differencewith intransitive action verbs: • Shewrote … • Shebaked … • He threw … What’smissing in these sentences??? A DIRECT OBJECT.

  5. Direct Objects • She wrote a letter. • She baked a cake. • He threw the ball. • Direct Objects receive the action of the verb. They help to finish the thought and complete the sentence. • This pattern is labeled S-V-DO.

  6. So what’s an INDIRECT OBJECT? • An indirect object tells TO WHOM or FOR WHOM something is done. It will always come BEFORE a direct object. • She wrote her friend a letter. • She baked her mom a cake. • He threw John the ball. • This pattern is labeled S-V-IO-DO.

  7. S-V-IO-DO vs. S-V-DO-PP • She wrote her friend a letter. • She wrote a letter to her friend. • She baked her mom a cake. • She baked a cake for her mom. • He threw John the ball. • He threw the ball to John.

  8. Label the following Sentence Patterns: • The zebra climbed on the giraffe. • He gave the giraffe a hug. • Both animals looked across the horizon • The giraffe placed the zebra on the ground. • They relaxed.

  9. Linking Verbs • Some verbs do not convey action but rather a state of being. Many of these verbs are forms of to be. • Others include sensory words such as look, felt, sound, taste, and feel. • The room is … • The boys are … • She will be… • My mom felt … • The flowers smelled …

  10. Subject Complements • Linking verbs must be followed by a subject complement – either a predicate nominative (noun) or predicate adjective – to form a complete thought. • These sentences are labeled with S-V-PN or S-V-PA. • The room is empty. • The boys are cousins. • She will be a senior. • My mom felt tired. • The flowers smelled fragrant.

  11. Linking Verb or Action Verb? • She tasted the cupcake. • It tasted delicious. • She looked at the baked goods. • They looked beautiful. • The cupcakes smelled sweet. • She smelled the cupcakes.

  12. Sentence Variety • Sometimes, for the sake of variety, it helps to MIX UP your sentence patterns. • Yoda does this a lot. Notice here: PP-DO-S-V

  13. Label these patterns: • Into the tree the elephant reached. • On his back legs stood the elephant. • The leaves to him tasted good. • Delicious the leaves in the tree are. • A large mammal the elephant is.

  14. Where is the subject?

  15. “Understood” Subjects • In imperative, or “command” sentences, the subject is understood to be the singular or plural “you.” • (You) be soft. • (You) do not let the world make you hard. • (You) take pride …

  16. Where is the subject?

  17. Pronouns come in both SUBJECT and OBJECT forms. Which pronoun is correct? • Mark gave the flowers to (she/her) and Sue. • The ice cream is for my brother and (I/me). • (She/her) and her brother like to go to the park. • My mom and (I/me) prefer to go shopping.

  18. And finally …

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