Basic Sentence Patterns

I. Learning Objectives
At the end o the lesson, 100% of the students with at least 75% level
of proficiency shall be able to:
1. identify the sentence pattern accurately;
2. write sentences using the basic sentence pattern; and
3. determine the specific parts of the basic sentence pattern.

II. Subject Matter

A. Topic: Basic Sentence Patterns

B. Reference: English Time Vol. XIX No.2

C. Materials: visual aids, chalkboard, strips of cartolina

Value Focus: Self-direction/Independence

III. Procedure

A. Preparatory Activities
1. Prayer
2. Greetings
3. Checking of Attendance

Teacher’s Activities Students’ Activities

B. Pre-Reading

1.Motivation: Group Activity

I have here strips of cartolina where

words/ phrases were written. What you
will do is to arrange the words
accordingly to form a sentence. Are you
ready?
Yes Ma’am!

(Students will come up to the following

sentences.)
1. Awiyao considered Lumnay as the
best wife in the village.
2. Lumnay heard the throbbing of the
gangsas.
3. Lumnay walked away from the
dancing ground.
4. Awiyao and Lumnay are the main
 characters in the story.
5. Awiyao offered Lumnay the house
and the field.
2. Developmental Activity

Okay, well done! Those sentences are

taken from the story, The Wedding
Dance by Amador T. Daguio. Are you
familiar with the story?
(Answers vary)
It is a story of a married couple who
were not blessed to have a child. To
know more about the story, I have
here a video presentation of the story.
As you watch the video, please be
aware of the texts that appear on it.
But before that here are the questions
that you need to answer after watching
the video. Please read.
Guide Questions:
1. Who are the main characters in
the story?
2. What did Awiyao offer to
Lumnay?
3. Who did Awiyao consider as the
best wife in the village?
4. What did Lumnay hear?
5. What did Lumnay do from the
dancing ground?

Are you ready to watch the video

class?

Yes Ma’am!

(Video Presentation)

3. Comprehension Check Up

Do you understand the story?

Yes Ma’am!
Very good! If that’s so let us now
answer the questions that we had
earlier. Who wants to answer number
1? Read the question first before giving
the answer.
Ma’am, who are the main characters in
the story? Awiyao and Lumnay are the
main characters in the story.

Very good! What about number 2?

What did Awiyao offer to Lumnay?
 Ma’am, Awiyao offered Lumnay the
house and the field.
Very good! What about number 3?
Who did Awiyao consider as the best
wife in the village? Ma’am, Awiyao
considered Lumnay as the best wife in
the village.
Very good! Let’s have now number 4.
What did Lumnay hear? Ma’am,
Lumnay heard the throbbing of the
gangsas.
Very good! For the last number 5.

What did Awiyao do from the dancing

ground? Ma’am, Awiyao walked away
from the dancing ground.
Discussion:

Very good! Let’s now study the

following sentences and let’s find out
the pattern of each sentence. Are you
familiar with the five basic sentence
patterns?
(Answers vary)

Sentence pattern refers to the

arrangement of words in a sentence.
Let us have the first and the simplest
among the sentence pattern, the S-IV
pattern.

1. S-IV
Subject + Intransitive Verb
It is composed of a subject and a
verb specifically the intransitive verb
which does not requires an object to
be meaningful.
For example:
Lumnay walked away from the
dancing ground.

What or who is the subject in the

sentence?
Lumnay Ma’am.
What about the intransitive verb?

Walk away Ma’am.

Very good! Can you give me another
example of sentence in the S-IV
pattern?
Ma’am, She writes.
Very good! In that sentence please
identify the subject and the
 intransitive verb.

Ma’am she is the subject and writes is

the intransitive verb.
Very good! Let’s move on with the
second pattern which is the S-LV-C.
2. S-LV-C
Subject+ Linking Verb+
Complement
Linking Verb doesn’t express an
action. Its main purpose is to
connect a subject to a noun or an
adjective that describes or identifies
the subject. Subject Complement
adds information about the subject.
Example:
Awiyao and Lumnay are the main
characters in the story.

What is the linking verb used in the

sentence? Are Ma’am!

Good! It connects the subject

Awiyao and Lumnay to its
complement which is the main
characters in the story. Do you
understand? Yes Ma’am!

Who can give another example and

identify the parts of the sentence
pattern?
He is a lawyer.
He is the subject, IS is the linking verb
used to connect the subject from its
complement, a lawyer.

Very good! Let’s have then the third

pattern, the S-TV-DO.
3. S-TV-DO
Subject+ Transitive Verb+ Direct
Object
Transitive Verb is a verb that needs
a receiver.
Direct Object is a word or group of
words that receives the action of the
transitive verb. It answers the
question what or who.
Example:
Lumnay heard the throbbing of the
gangsas.

What/who is the subject in the

sentence?
 Ma’am, Lumnay is the subject.
Very good, what about the verb?
Heard is the verb Ma’am.
Good! What did Lumnay heard?
Ma’am, the throbbing of the gangsas.
Very good, that’s also the direct
object of the verb heard.

Do you understand?
Yes Ma’am!
Can you give me another example?
The Pharisees questioned the disciples.
From that example identify the
subject, the transitive verb and the
direct object.
The subject is the Pharisees, the
transitive verb is questioned and the
direct object is the disciples.
Very good! Can we have now the
fourth one?
Yes ma’am!
Okay! The fourth sentence pattern is
the S-TV-IO-DO.

4. S-TV-IO-DO
Subject+ Transitive Verb+ Indirect
Object+ Direct Object.
Indirect Object is the recipient of the
direct object. It answers the
question “to whom?” or “to what?”.
Example:
Awiyao offered Lumnay the house
and the field.

What or who is the subject in the

sentence?
Awiyao is the subject Ma’am!
What about the verb?
Offered is the verb ma’am.
What about the direct object?
Remember that the direct object
answers the question what.
The direct object is the house and the
field.
Very good. What about the indirect
object or for whom is the direct
object?
Ma’am, Lumnay is the indirect object.
Good! Who can give another
example under this pattern?
Jacob gave Joseph a long shirt-like
garment.
What is the indirect object of the
 sentence or for whom Jacob gave
the long shirt-like garment?
It is for Joseph Ma’am. The indirect
object in the sentence is Joseph.
Very good! Do you have any
questions so far?
None Ma’am!
Let’s move on then with the last
pattern, the S-TV-DO-OC.
5. S-TV-DO-OC
Subject+ Transitive Verb+ Direct
Object+ Object Complement
Object Complement is a noun or an
adjective that refers to the direct
object.
Example:
Awiyao considered Lumnay as the
best wife in the village.

What did Awiyao considered

Lumnay?
He considered Lumnay as the best wife
in the village,Maa’m!
Good! Awiyao is the subject,
considered is the verb used, Lumnay
is the direct object who receives the
action and as the best wife in the
village is the complement for
Lumnay.

Do you understand?
Yes Ma’am!

Who can give another example

then?
He considered Joseph wise and
compassionate.
Okay, kindly identify the parts of the
sentence pattern.
He is the subject, considered is the
verb, Joseph is the indirect object and
wise and compassionate is the
complement for Joseph.

Very good! To know more about the

five basic sentence patterns, let’s
watch this short video presentation
about the topic.

(Video Presentation)

Do you have any clarifications about

the five basic patterns?
None Ma’am!
Generalization:

Okay, again what are the five basic

patterns we have discussed?
S-IV
S-LV-C
S-TV-DO
S-TV-IO-DO
S-TV-DO-OC
Very good! Remember each part of the
sentence pattern. The subject is the
person or thing that is being discussed
or described in the sentence.
Intransitive verb requires no
complement or object, direct object is a
noun that receives the action of the
transitive verb, indirect object is the
recipient of the direct object and
complement is a noun or an adjective
that completes the meaning of the
sentence, it can be a subjective
complement or an objective
complement.

Application: Group Activity

I have here strips of cartolina where

sentences were written, with the same
group that you have from the early
activity, identify the pattern of each
sentence that I will show to you.

S-IV 1. Awiyao arrived late.

S-TV-IO-DO 2. Awiyao brought
Madulimay a ring.
S-TV-DO-OC 3. Awiyao made the
problem complicated.
S-TV-DO 4. Lumnay loves
Awiyao.
S-TV-DO 5. They planted rice and
beans in the field.
S-LV-C 6. He is brave.
S-TV-IO-DO 7. Awiyao gave
Lumnay the beads.
S-TV-DO-OC 8. They considered
the wedding dance sacred.
S-LV-C 9. They were silent for a
time.
S-IV 10. Awiyao runs quickly.
Evaluation:
Label the parts of each sentence to
reveal its pattern.

1. They witnessed
S TV
the wedding ceremony.
DO
2. They called their God
S TV DO
Kabunyan.
OC
3. Awiyao asked Lumnay
S TV IO
a question.
DO

4. Madulimay became the wife.

S LV C
5. Awiyao hurried away from the
S IV
door.
6. Lumnay dances gracefully.
S IV
7. Lumnay feel pain.
S LV C
8. They called Lumnay
S TV DO
the best dancer.
OC
9. Lumnay teaches the children
S TV IO
to dance.
DO
10. The dancers performed
S TV
the wedding dance.
DO

Assignment:
Given the following patterns, construct
sentence in each of the pattern based
on the story, The Wedding Dance.
1. S-IV
2. S-LV-C
3. S-TV-DO
4. S-TV-IO-DO
5. S-TV-DO-OC
Prepared By:

Abegail T. Trajano
BSE IV- English