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Sentence Patterns

English for Graduate Study (LA 501)




Sentence Patterns

In this lesson, you

will:

recognize the sentence patterns

gain practice in writing correct

sentences




Sentence Patterns

What is Sentence?

Every sentence has a subject and a predicate.

The subject is what or whom the sentence

is about,

The predicate tells hat the su!"ect is or

does#

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1. S + V-int

• The intransitive action verb takes nodirect object.

• Even if the action verb is followed by a prepositional

phrase, the verb is still intransitive as long as it does nottake a direct object.

• Ex:The children are sleeping.

Who is calling?




Sentence Patterns

subject can be a noun or pronoun that is partnered with a

verb.

subject verb

!y "riend wor#s "or a computer company.

• The action o" this sentence is e$pressed by the verb % wor#s.

• The noun "riend is doing the action o" wor#ing.

• There"ore, "riend is the subject o" the sentence.

What is Sentence?



Sentence Patterns

predicate is the rest o" the sentence coming a"terthe subject.

subject predicate

!y "riend wor#s "or a computer company.

What is Sentence?



Sentences with coplexdetails can be broken down

into basic eleents.%E&' Su!"ect er! direct o!"ect or su!"ect co*ple*ent ++ *odifiers

1 A genome is all the genetic material in the chromosomes

of an organism.

2 The hman genome incldes abot three billion base !airs

that ma"e ! hman #$A.

3

The %man &enome Project' com!leted in 2((3' was a 13)year' international effort to identify the 2('((()25'((( hman

genes and ma"e them accessible for frther biological

stdy.

* This research has cataly+ed biotechnology.





Sentence Patterns

Sometimes the predicate will be com!osed of 2 or 3 ,erbs that

fit together.

sbject !redicate

-y friend wor"s

sbject !redicate

-y friend is wor"ing

sbject !redicate

-y friend has been wor"ing

What is Sentence?



Sentence Patterns

Si*ple Sentence ,attern 1' ubject 7 )erb

Su!"ect -er! Ader!ial

!ost computer has crashed.

The transmission "ailed an hour ago.

03 lin#s in the samebuilding.



Sentence Patterns

,attern $' Su!"ect . -er!. /irect !"ect

Su!"ect -er! /irect !"ect Ader!ial

8e are developing a new program.

+oe bought a new computer "rom the store.

9ill ates "ounded !icroso"t on the basiso" the

development o"

!S;*S.

Si*ple Sentence



Sentence Patterns

L2%2G -E34S

connect its su!"ect ith a ord generally found near

the end of the sentence#

36S BE

T7E3 L2%2G -E34Sa*8is as appear s*ell

are ere !eco*e sound

as *ight feel stay

can could gro taste

has8hae had loo9 turn*ay8*ust *ight re*ain

shall should see*

ill ould



Sentence Patterns

,attern :' Su!"ect . Lin9ing -er!. Su!"ect ;o*ple*ent

Su!"ect -er! Su!" ;o*ple*ent Ader!ial

1omputer system are getting more intelligent 2adj.4 these days.

!ultimedia so"tware is interactive. 2adj.4

P1s have become commodity items 2n.4

Supercomputers are high %capacity

computers 2adj.4

Si*ple Sentence



Sentence Patterns

,attern <' Su!"ect . -er!. ndirect !" . /irect !"

Su!"ect -er! ndirect !" /irect !" Ader!ial

o shold send me the file by tomorrow.

/ emailed them the docments.

They boght their com!any a new anti)

,irs !rogram.

Si*ple Sentence



2. S + V + DO

The transitive action verb is followedby a direct object.

!ote: The second !", the direct object, receives a di#erent n$erical designation %!"&'

beca$se it is not the sae as the s$bject %!"('.

-y brother is ta"ing his wife on a crise.



3. S + LV + SCN

The linking verb is followed by a no$n thatf$nctions as the s$bjective copleent.

!ote: The second no$n, the s$bjectivecopleent, is the sae as the s$bject %)r. *aes + teacher'.



3. S + LV + SCA The verb of being is followed by an

adjective that f$nctions as thes$bjective copleent.

The s$bjective copleent adjective ay

be aprepositional phrase.



Sentence Patterns

Writing Sentences ,ractice

< She bought a new bag.

< She seems so happy in this picture.



Sentence Patterns


< =e is giving a presentation.

< =e described the budget to the audience.



Sentence Patterns


< She is bored.

< She thin#s o" someone.



Sentence Patterns


• They are ha,ing a meeting ,ia ,ideo

conference.



Sentence Patterns

A com!ond sentence contains 2 sim!le sentences joined by a

coordinating conjnction 0and' bt' so' for' or with a comma

!receding it.

sim!le 1 sim!le 2

/- sold a lot of com!ters last year. /t made a healthy !rofit.

sim!le1 conjnction sim!le 2 4 com!ond

/- sold a lot of com!ters last year = so it made a healthy !rofit.

Si*ple 1 Si*ple $

;o*pound Sentence



Sentence Patterns

;oordinating

con"unctions

E>a*ples

And shows addition /magesetters !rodce ,ery high)soltion

ot!t= and they are etremely fast.

4ut shows o!!osition #ot matri !rinters can !rint ! to 5((

characters !er second= !ut they !rodce

low resoltion ot!t.

;o*pound Sentence



Sentence Patterns

;oordinating

con"unctions

E>a*ples

So shows a reslt The com!ter crashed= so / lost all of my

wor".

or shows a reason6 &ood !rogrammers sally test their

!rograms many times= for they don7t want to

o,erloo" any errors.

;o*pound Sentence



Sentence Patterns

;o*pound Sentence

;oordinating

con"unctions

E>a*ples

r shows an alternati,e

or choice6

8om!ter !rogrammers write !rograms for

sers' or end sers !rchase and se

com!ter software.




Sentence Patterns

;o*!ining Sentences

8om!ters ha,e ta"en a dominant role in or society.

-ost new jobs re:ire access to com!ters and the /nternet.

8om!ters ha,e ta"en a dominant role in or

society= and most new jobs re:ire access to

com!ters and the /nternet.



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Sentence Patterns

;o*!ining Sentences

>lat screen monitors re?uire less

space.

They eliminate screen "lic#er.

>lat screen monitors re?uire less space, and

they eliminate screen "lic#er.



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Sentence Patterns

;o*!ining Sentences

9luetooth can trans"er data and voice very "ast.

It uses high "re?uency radio waves.

9luetooth can trans"er data and voice very"ast, "or it uses high "re?uency radio waves.



More Linking Verbs

• The linking verb ay be a word siilar tobe,- s$ch as see,- appear,-becoe,- or looks.-

• r, it ay be a verb relating to the senses.&randma7s hose always smelled li"e moth balls.

$P1 => A#?

sbject sbjecti,e com!lement

The air feels wintry today.

$P1 => A#?

sbject sbjecti,e com!lement



4. S + V + IO + DO

The action verb is followed by an indirectobject and then a direct object.

!ote: The indirect object and the direct object eachreceive a new n$erical designation beca$se eachis di#erent fro the other and both are di#erentfro the s$bject.



5. S + V + DO + DOCN

The action verb is followed by a direct object. The direct object is followed by a no$nf$nctioning as an objective copleent.

!ote: The second !", the direct object, receives a di#erent n$ericaldesignation %!"&' beca$se it is not the sae as the s$bject %!"('. The third !", the objective copleent, receives the saen$erical designation as the direct object %!"&' beca$se it is thesae as the direct object %*acobsen + friend'.



5. S + V + DO + DOCA

The action verb is followed by a directobject. The direct object is followed byan adjective f$nctioning as an objective

copleent.

!ote: The second !", the direct object, receives a di#erent

n$erical designation %!"&' beca$se it is not the sae as thes$bject %!"('.



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