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Sentence Patterns
English for Graduate Study (LA 501)
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Sentence Patterns
In this lesson, you
will:
recognize the sentence patterns
gain practice in writing correct
sentences
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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?
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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$pressed by the verb % wor#s.
• The noun "riend is doing the action o" wor#ing.
• There"ore, "riend is the subject o" the sentence.
What is Sentence?
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predicate is the rest o" the sentence coming a"terthe subject.
subject predicate
!y "riend wor#s "or a computer company.
What is Sentence?
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Sentences with coplexdetails can be broken down
into basic eleents.%E&' Su!"ect er! direct o!"ect or su!"ect co*ple*ent ++ *odifiers
1 A genome is all the genetic material in the chromosomes
of an organism.
2 The hman genome incldes abot three billion base !airs
that ma"e ! hman #$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.
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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?
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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.
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,attern $' Su!"ect . -er!. /irect !"ect
Su!"ect -er! /irect !"ect Ader!ial
8e are developing a new program.
+oe bought a new computer "rom the store.
9ill ates "ounded !icroso"t on the basiso" the
development o"
!S;*S.
Si*ple Sentence
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L2%2G -E34S
connect its su!"ect ith a ord generally found near
the end of the sentence#
36S BE
T7E3 L2%2G -E34Sa*8is as appear s*ell
are ere !eco*e sound
as *ight feel stay
can could gro taste
has8hae had loo9 turn*ay8*ust *ight re*ain
shall should see*
ill ould
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,attern :' Su!"ect . Lin9ing -er!. Su!"ect ;o*ple*ent
Su!"ect -er! Su!" ;o*ple*ent Ader!ial
1omputer system are getting more intelligent 2adj.4 these days.
!ultimedia so"tware is interactive. 2adj.4
P1s have become commodity items 2n.4
Supercomputers are high %capacity
computers 2adj.4
Si*ple Sentence
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,attern <' Su!"ect . -er!. ndirect !" . /irect !"
Su!"ect -er! ndirect !" /irect !" Ader!ial
o shold send me the file by tomorrow.
/ emailed them the docments.
They boght their com!any a new anti)
,irs !rogram.
Si*ple Sentence
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2. S + V + DO
The transitive action verb is followedby a direct object.
!ote: The second !", the direct object, receives a di#erent n$erical designation %!"&'
beca$se it is not the sae as the s$bject %!"('.
-y brother is ta"ing his wife on a crise.
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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'.
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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.
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Sentence Patterns
Writing Sentences ,ractice
< She bought a new bag.
< She seems so happy in this picture.
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Writing Sentences ,ractice
< =e is giving a presentation.
< =e described the budget to the audience.
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Writing Sentences ,ractice
< She is bored.
< She thin#s o" someone.
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Writing Sentences ,ractice
• They are ha,ing a meeting ,ia ,ideo
conference.
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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
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;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
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;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
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;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.
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;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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;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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;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.
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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.
$P1 => A#?
sbject sbjecti,e com!lement
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4. S + V + IO + DO
The action verb is followed by an indirectobject and then a direct object.
!ote: The indirect object and the direct object eachreceive a new n$erical designation beca$se eachis di#erent fro the other and both are di#erentfro the s$bject.
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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$se it is thesae as the direct object %*acobsen + friend'.
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5. S + V + DO + DOCA
The action verb is followed by a directobject. The direct object is followed byan adjective f$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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