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Sentence

Patterns

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ELEMENTS OF A SENTENCE

• Subject  – doer of the action/ topic of the

sentence

• Predicate  – states something about the subject

• Direct Object  – receives the action done by the

subject

• Indirect Object - precedes the direct object and

tells to whom or for whom the action of theverb is done and who is receiving the direct

object

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Basic

Sentence

Patterns

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Maria cooperated voluntarily.

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What is an intransitive verb?

•An

intransitiveverb is a verb

without adirect object.

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I wrote legibly.

Michael and Gabriel woke and

yawned.

He prays everyday.

Students should study every night.She reads silently.

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Subject-Transitive Verb-Direct Object

The students helped the barangay.

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What is a transitive

verb?

• A transitive verb

is a verb that

requires both a

subject and a

direct object.

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Someone ate my sandwich.

Mikko reads the dictionary for

pleasure.

The campers fear the bears.

The board showed their approval.I played the piano.

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Teachers are our second parents.

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What is a PN?• A predicate

nominative or a

predicate nouncompletes a

linking verb andrenames the

subject.

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Anne is the boss.

Whales and sharks are mammals.

The girl should be the captain.

My mother is a teacher.

Philippines is the “Pearl of the OrientSeas.” 

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Her pies are very sweet.

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What is a P.A.?

• A predicate

adjective

follows a linking

verb and

describes thesubject.

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His behavior has been outrageous.

Niña is so beautiful.

That garbage on the street smells

bad.

He is dead.The man was very accommodating.

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Subject-Transitive Verb-Direct Object-Object Complement

He called the cashier beautiful.

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What is an O.C.?• An object

complement is a

noun, pronoun, or

adjective which

follows a direct object

and renames it or

tells what the direct

object has become.

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The class elected Nadine president.

Cathy cut her hair short.

The child made her mother happy.Many people find martial arts

challenging.

Some pet owners consider their dogstheir children.

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Subject-Transitive Verb-Indirect Object-Direct Object

Liza gave the children gifts.

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Mom will paint Gabriel a picture.

He will give Mrs. Perez the message.

Yvann surprised his sister with a

reward.

I teach the students English.Pearl sent Tom a book.

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