Five basic sentence patterns: 30 examples

Used to connect two parallel components; When connecting two coordinate subjects, the predicate verb is plural. For example:

Both students and teachers will go to the history museum tomorrow.

Both the teacher and the students will go to the history museum tomorrow. Extended information II. Can't help doing sth. Can't help doing sth.

Help here means "hold back", followed by the verb -ing. For example:

His jokes are so funny. We couldn't help laughing.

His jokes were so funny that we couldn't help laughing.

Just like ... and ... ...

Adjectives or adverbs must be used in the middle. For example:

This classroom is as big as that one.

This classroom is as big as that one.

Negative structure: not as good as/so … not as good as, "not as good as …". The above two sentences can be changed to:

This classroom is not as big as that one.

This classroom is not as big as that one.

4. As long as, as long as ...

Adverbial clauses used to guide time. If the main clause is the simple future tense, the clause should use the simple present tense. For example:

I told him the plan as soon as I saw him.

I told him the plan as soon as I saw him.

5. full ... full ... . . . . ; Full of ...; Full. . . . . .

① ① Covering indicates that this state is caused by external things, indicating passivity. For example:

The box is full of food.

The box is full of food.

② Full indicates the state of the subject. In addition, it can also indicate the degree, which means "very". For example:

The patient's room is full of flowers.

The patient's room is full of flowers.

Be busy/like/hate/continue/finish sth. Be busy/like/hate/continue/finish doing sth.

After the words enjoy, finish, hate, continue, busy, etc., the verb ing is generally used as the object. For example:

Lin Tao is busy making a model plane.

Lin Tao is busy making a model plane.

I have finished writing this story.

I have finished writing this story.

7. Good/bad for ... ...

This sentence pattern is: be+ adjective+for+n. structure. For example:

Doing morning exercises is good for your health.

Doing morning exercises is good for your health.

Get used to (doing) sth. ...

It must be followed by a noun or gerund, which can be used in present, past and future tenses. Be can be replaced by get and become. For example:

He is used to country life. He is used to living in the country. )

He is used to country life.

Note: being used for doing is being used for doing. For example:

Wood is used to make paper.

Wood is used to make paper.

Something costs someone. How much is something worth?

The subject of this sentence pattern is the object. The word cost has double objects, and its past tense, past participle and prototype are all the same.

This book cost me five yuan.

This book cost me five yuan.

Want to do sth. want to do ...

Here like is a preposition, followed by the verb -ing. This sentence pattern is similar to wanting to do something. Synonym. For example:

I want to drink a glass of milk.

I want to drink a glass of milk.

Feel/find/think it is right./n. Do sth. Think of sth.

In this structure, it is the formal object and the infinitive phrase is the real object. For example:

I think playing football is very interesting.

I find playing football very interesting.

Get ready for sth./Do sth.

Get ready for something. It means "get ready for something"; Get ready to do sth. Get ready to do sth. For example:

We are preparing for the meeting.

We are preparing for the meeting.

13, where ... or ... also ... or ... or ...

Used to connect two coordinate components. When connecting coordinate subjects, the predicate verb is consistent with the adjacent subjects.

You can stay here or go home.

You can stay here or go home.

Enough (for sb.) to do sth. enough to do ... ...

In this structure, for is used to introduce the logical subject of infinitive. For example:

The ice is not thick enough for you to walk on.

The ice is not thick enough for you to walk on.

Receive a letter from ... ...

Equivalent to hearing from, for example:

Have you heard from John?

Have you heard from John?

I received a letter from my brother yesterday.

I received a letter from my brother yesterday.

It's better (not) to do sth.

Had better is a modal verb, and then you need the prototype of the verb. Had better is generally abbreviated as' d better', and its negative form is to add not directly after it. For example:

We'd better go now.

We'd better go now.

You'd better not go out because it's windy.

It is windy today, so you'd better not go out.

Have something to eat. Finish (sth) (the action is done by others)

Something. As an object, done is the complement of the past participle. For example:

We repaired the machine.

We repaired the machine.

Pay attention to the difference: we have repaired the machine. We repaired the machine (ourselves).

Help sb. do sth. use sth. help sb. (do sth.)

You can omit it anywhere. For example:

I often help my mother with housework.

I often help my mother with housework.

19, just … ...

It's equivalent to doing it by accident. For example:

It happened that I heard their secret.

I happened to hear their secret.

I happened to hear their secret.

We have been doing it for some time since a certain time.

In this sentence pattern, the adverbial clause of time guided by since is often used in the simple past tense. For example:

He has been here for twenty years.

He has been here for 20 years.

This is an+adjective. /n .+ It is important for someone to do something. Do sth.

It is the formal subject, and the real subject is the infinitive of doing something. For example:

It is not easy for us to learn English well.

It is not easy for us to learn English well.

This is an adjective+.Someone's+.Do something.

It is a formal subject, and doing something is a real subject. When predicative words (adjectives) can describe logical subjects, the preposition of is often used instead of for. For example:

It's polite of you to give your seat to the old man.

It is very polite for you to give your seat to the old man.

What do you think of …? What do you think of …?

What makes you think ... synonyms. For example:

What do you think of the weather in Beijing? you

What do you think of the weather in Beijing? What do you think of this new film?

I don't think/believe … I think I/believe … no …

Among them, not negates the object clause rather than the main clause (negation moves forward). That can be omitted. For example:

I don't think it will rain.

I don't think it will rain.

It seems (to sb.) ... (to sb.). ...

In this sentence, it is the subject, which leads to the predicative clause. For example:

He seems to be lying. It seems that he is lying.

26. How many meters (kilometers) is its length (width)+number+size/kilometer length/width?

Used to indicate the length (width, height) of an object. If the number is greater than one, the noun should be plural. For example:

It is 20 meters long from end to end. It is 20 meters long from one end to the other.

Stop ... from doing sth. Stop. . . . . . Do sth.

It is equivalent to stopping doing sth. Stop … from doing something. In the active sentence, the from after stop and prevent can be omitted, but in the passive structure, the from cannot be omitted. For example:

Please don't let children swim in the sea.

Please don't let children swim in the sea.

It's time for someone. Do something. It's time for someone to do something.

It is the formal subject, and the real subject is the infinitive of doing something. For example:

It's time for the child to go to bed.

It's time for the baby to sleep.

Compare the following two structures:

It's time for+n. For example:

It's time for school.

It's time to do something. For example:

It's time for school.

It takes someone. Time to do something. How long does it take someone to do something?

It is the formal subject, and the real subject is the infinitive of doing something. For example:

It takes fifteen minutes to walk from here to the bus stop.

It takes 15 minutes to walk to the bus stop from here.

It took the old man three days to finish the work.

It took the old man three days to finish the work.

Keep doing sth. Always insist on doing sth.

Go on doing sth. Usually used as a static verb. Go on doing something. It means "go on doing something", which is usually used as a dynamic verb, but the difference between the two is not very strict and sometimes they can be interchanged. For example:

Don't always do such stupid things.

Don't do such stupid things again.