Basic sentence patterns

1． Do you know her younger sister?

Subject transitive verb predicate object

2. I got home after dark yesterday.

Subject Verb Time Adverbial

3. Bill always does very well at school.

Subject, adverb, linking verb, adverbial adverbial, place adverbial

4. What pet do you keep?

Object Subject Predicate

5. There were some students reading in the classroom then.

Subject be verb predicate participle adverbial

6. Amy always helps her mother after school.

Subject, predicate, object, time adverbial

7. Tom often makes his teacher angry.

Subject, predicate, object, object complement

8. Did you see anyone go into that house?

Subject Predicate Object

9. Helen looks very happy today.

Subject Couple Slogan

10. I was born in a little town in the south of .

1.S (subject) Vi (intransitive verb) (predicate)

1) S V adverbial (adverbial)

I got home after dark yesterday.

2) S Vi prep Phrase (prepositional phrase)

3) S Vi Infinitive (infinitive)

4) S Vi Participle (participle)

2. S (subject) Vt (transitive verb) (predicate) O (object)

1) S VT N/ Pron

Do you know her younger sister?

2) S VT infinitive (infinitive)

Verbs commonly used in this sentence pattern are: attempt, dare , decide, desire, expect, hope, intend, learn, need, offer, pretend, promise, propose, purpose, refuse, want, wish, etc.

3) S VT Wh-Word Infinitive

Verbs commonly used in this sentence pattern are: ask, consider, decide, discover, explain, find out, forget, guess, inquire, know, learn, observe, remember, see, settle, tell, think, understand, wonder, etc.

4) S VT Gerund

Verbs commonly used in this sentence pattern are: admit, advise, avoid, consider, defend, enjoy, excuse, finish, forbid, mind, miss, practice, risk, suggest, give up, can't help, etc.

5) S VT That-clause

Verbs commonly used in this sentence pattern are: Admit, believe, command, confess, declare, demand, deny, doubt, expect, explain, feel, hear, hope, imagine, intend, know, mean, mind, notice, propose, request, report, say, see, show, suggest, suppose, think, understand, wish, wonder(feel strange).

3. S (subject) V (predicate) (lv) (coupling verb) P (table)

In addition to be the copula, there are some verbs that can also be used as copulas. Verbs, 1) verbs expressing senses, feel, smell, taste, sound, look, appear, seem, etc. 2) Verbs expressing transformation, such as become, get, grow, turn, go, etc. 3) Verbs expressing continuation remain, keep, seem, hold, stay, rest, etc. 4) Momentary verbs come, fall, set, cut, occur, etc. 5) Other verbs eat, lie, prove, ring, run, shine, sit, stand, continue, hang, etc.

1) S Lv N/Pron (noun/pronoun)

2) S Lv Adj (adjective)

3) S Lv Adv (adverb)

Bill always does very well at school.

4) S Lv Prep Phrase

Bill always does very well at school.

5 ) S Lv Participle (participle)

There were some students reading in the classroom then.

4. S (subject) VT (predicate) In O (indirect object) D O (direct Pron)

I give you help.

1) S VT N/Pron N

I sent him a book.

I bought May a book.

2) S VT N/Pron To/for-phrase

He sent a book to me.

He bought a coat for me.

Common verbs that need to be preceded by to before indirect objects are: allow, bring, deny, do (bring), give, grant, hand, leave, lend, offer, owe, pass, pay, permit, promise, read, refuse, render, restore, sell, send, show, teach, tell wish, write, etc.

Common verbs that need to be preceded by for before indirect objects are: bring, buy, cash, choose, fetch, get, leave, make, order, paint, play (play), save, sing, spare, etc.

5. S (subject) VT (predicate) O (object) O C (object complement)

1) S VT N/Pron N

Commonly used The verbs in this sentence pattern are: appoint, call, choose, elect, entitle, find, make, name, nominate (name).

2) S VT N/Pron Adj

Verbs commonly used in this sentence pattern are: beat, boil, cut, drive, find, get, hold, keep, leave, like , make, paint, see, set, turn, want, wash, wipe, wish, etc.

3) S VT N/Pron Prep Phrase

4) S VT N/Pron Infinitive

The verbs commonly used in this sentence pattern are: a) indefinite Words with to: advice, allow, ask, beg, cause, choose, command, decide, encourage, expect, force, get, hate, invite, know, leave, like, love, order, permit, persuade, prefer, remain, request, teach, tell, want, warn, wish, etc. b) Words without to in the infinitive: feel, have, hear, know, let, listen to, look at, make, notice, see, watch, etc.

5) S VT N/Pron Participle (participle)

The verbs used in this sentence pattern are: catch, feel, find, get, have, hear, imagine, keep, leave, listen to, look at, notice, observe, perceive, see, set, smell, start, watch, etc.

6) S VT N/Pron Wh-word Infinitive

Verbs commonly used in this sentence pattern include: advise, ask, inform, show, teach, tell, etc.

7) S VT N/Pron That-clause

Verbs commonly used in this sentence pattern include: assure, inform, promise, remind, teach, tell, warm, etc.

8) S VT N/Pron Wh-Clause

Verbs commonly used in this sentence pattern are: Advise, ask, inform, show, teach, tell.