Sentence Patterns

Basic Sentence Patterns Pattern 1 Subject + Intransitive verb + Adverbials Ex. 1. He Sings Well 2. You laughed loudly Pattern 2 Ex. Sub + Linking verb + Complement 1. They were happy. 2. She is a teacher. Pattern 3 Sub + Transitive verb + Direct object + Adverbial 1. Sachin scored a century 2. He has read this book. Pattern 4 Subject + Transitive verb + Indirect Object + Direct Object + Adverbials 1. I gave my friend a present on his birthday. 2. The teacher asked him a question. Exercise (Elementary) Arrange the following words in the order subject + Intransitive verb + Adverbials. Start with a capital letter and end with a full stop. 1. Ravi / with a pen / writes 2. in the east / the sun / rises 3. The bus / late / arrived 4. Ran / fast / he 5. studied / in the room / children 6. He / over the wall / jumped 7. Heavily / it / rained 8. Well / she / sings 9. Laughed / loudly /He 10. Rohit / there / sat 11. Sanjay / loud / spoke 12. The Scooter / fast /runs 13. Begins / my college /in July 14. Went /Home /they 15. on the ice / Ravi / slipped

Exercise (Intermediate) Arrange the words in the order. Subject + linking verb + complements. 1. Are/ busy / the boys 2. tall / my brother / is 3. Ravi / happy / appeared 4. feel / they / annoyed 5. Sad / seemed / he 6. this boy / seems / restless 7. smells / the rose / sweet 8. bitter / this fruit / taste 9. upstairs / is / my / brother 10. must have been / the party / enjoyable 11. were / in the library / they 12. on Sunday / the examination / will be 13. Mahatma Gandhi / a great leader / was 14. my brother / a doctor / became 15. they /quiet / remained Exercise (Intermediate) Arrange the words in the order. Subject + Transitive verb + Direct Object / Indirect object + Adverbials (if any) 1. A coat / you / need 2. Have started / the game / they 3. the Principal / he / yesterday / met 4. Scored / a century / Sachin 5. my mother / a story / tells / me / every night 6. The problem / carefully/ I / explained 7. Football / dont like / very much / I 8. Harish / very well / English / doesnt speak 9. We / at the airport / some friends / met 10. I / In bed / this morning / my break fast / had 11. Ravi / last month / this picture / painted 12. us / teaches / English / Mr. Sharma 13. passed / John/ easily / the exam 14. A lot of work / did / I / yesterday 15. two / letters / I / this morning / wrote

5 Basic Sentence Patterns o Subject + Verb I swim. Joe swims. They swam. o Subject + Verb + Object I drive a car. Joe plays the guitar. They ate dinner.

Subject + Verb + Complement I am busy. Joe became a doctor. They look sick. o Subject + Verb + Indirect Object + Direct Object I gave her a gift. She teaches us English. o Subject + Verb + Object + Complement I left the door open. We elected him president. They named her Jane. Tenses o Present Continuous I am swimming. Joe is sleeping. They are jogging. o Present Simple I play tennis. He swims every day. I usually swim for two hours. o Present Perfect I have eaten. He has just come home. They've already gone. o Past Simple I rested. He played tennis yesterday. They drove to Boston. o Past Continuous I was sleeping. She was cooking a while ago. They were talking. o Past Perfect I had already seen it. He had played tennis. Other o Possession I have a camera. He owns a car. This house belongs to them. o Location I am here. He swims in the river. They live in the mountains. o It's fun to swim. (Using adjectives similar to fun.) It isn't healthy to smoke. Smoking is dangerous. o They agreed to swim. (Using verbs similar to agree.) He didn't desire to work. They like to play. o They asked him to swim. (Using verbs similar to ask.) He didn't advise me to work. They often encourage me to work harder. o They enjoy swimming. (Using verbs similar to enjoy.) He didn't advise me to work. They often encourage me to work harder.
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For help with any of the answers below, go to the sentence pattern page. 1. The child behaved horribly in the store. The correct answer is NP1 + V-int Your answer: 2. On his last trip to Russia in the spring, Hilda finally felt comfortable. The correct answer is NP1 + LV + ADJ

Your answer: 3. In another life I must have been a dancer. The correct answer is NP1 + V-be + NP1 Your answer: 4. Upon his return, the people elected Jasper king of the entire country. The correct answer is NP1 + V-tr + NP2 + NP2 Your answer: 5. My brother showed me the stream behind the wooded area. The correct answer is NP1 + V-tr + NP2 + NP3 Your answer: 6. You are very quiet today. The correct answer is NP1 + V-be + ADJ Your answer: 7. The personality test found Jenkins unsuitable for the position. The correct answer is NP1 + V-tr + NP2 + ADJ Your answer: 8. After much deliberation, Millie bought the biggest car on the lot. The correct answer is NP1 + V-tr + NP2 Your answer: 9. Later, Smithers became the most important person in his life. The correct answer is NP1 + LV + NP1 Your answer: 10.The poor sailor was at sea for a year.

The correct answer is NP1 + V-be + ADV/TP Your answer: 11. Under most circumstances, we would be happy with your work. The correct answer is NP1 + V-be + ADJ Your answer: 12. The professor considered the student a genius at mathematics. The correct answer is NP1 + V-tr + NP2 + NP2 Your answer: 13. Ulcers give people pain. The correct answer is NP1 + V-tr + NP2 + NP3 Your answer: 14, He waited in the rain for an hour. The correct answer is NP1 + V-int Your answer: 15. During my teen years, I grew tall. The correct answer is NP1 + LV + ADJ Your answer: