Sentence Pattern
Sentence Pattern Exercise -1 |
Exercise-1
Identify the subject, verb, compliment, and modifier in each of the following sentences.
1. Our neighbor’s dog barked all afternoon. |
2. Our walking group meets at seven o’clock in the morning. |
3. The band played all evening. |
4. June speaks at almost every staff meeting. |
5. Mrs. Perez bought a new rug for her dining room. |
6. Some cough medicines contain alcohol. |
7. Bill carried his tools in a five- gallon plastic bucket. |
8. Linda often buys snacks at the university store. |
9. All of the buses are equipped with safety belts. |
10.Paulette wore the same brand of blue jeans for twenty years. |
11. Several inches of water flooded the basement of the library during the night. |
12.Martin orders all his clothes from catalogues. |
13.A typical supermarket sells more than 18,000 products. |
14. One flea can lay 500 eggs. |
15.A dangerous situation exists in the Near East. |
16.Elliot first met Olivia in the snack section of a supermarket. |
17.Mr. Pandolfo wrote his own will. |
18.My new English class meets three times a week. |
19.Ellain wanted to get a new hat at the store. |
Sentence Pattern
Exercise-2
Identify the part of speech of each word in the following sentences: noun, verb, adjective, adverb, article, conjunction, preposition, pronoun
1. The tiny island is surrounded by a spectacular body of water. |
2. My pen is running out of ink. |
3. I always wanted to go to that show. |
4. Did you enjoy the party the other night? |
5. My computer program is faulty. |
6. The costumes in the pageant are almost as beautiful as the contestants. |
7. The Paseo Del Rio runs along the San Antonio River in the heart of the city. |
8. A beautiful photograph is a wonderful souvenir of an event. |
9. You don’t need to read all the information to get the question right. |
10. My sister was thrilled to be invited. |
11 .In addition to being weatherproof, the new camera features a remote control. |
12. The largest film festival in the world, the Houston International Film Festival, boasts 3,500 entries. |
13. The main attraction of the new restaurant is the salad bar. |
14. After deciding to go out and play, Gwen located her jacket. |
15.The arboretum in our town has some beautiful pine trees. |
16. Unlike those in the neighboring school, our teachers are quite flexible. |
17. The bus was so late that we missed school. |
18. The county fair is a lot of fun. |
19. Leslie hid the dirty dishes in a cabinet before her mother came into the kitchen. |
20. Pay’s recipe for baked beans is famous in our neighborhood. |
Sentence patterns are made up of phrases and clauses. |
A phrase is a group of connected words, but it is not a complete sentence because it is missing a subject and/or a verb. Phrases are just one component that makes up a complete sentence. |
A clause contains a subject (actor) and a verb (action). There are two types of clauses: |
An independent clause is a complete thought. It can stand alone as a complete sentence. |
A dependent clause (a.k.a. subordinate clause) cannot stand alone as a complete sentence (even though it may contain a subject and a verb). It begins with a subordinating conjunction (because, when, while, after… and many more). |
The possibilities are endless for different types of sentences patterns. Here are the most common and basic sentence patterns: |
Pattern: Subject + VerbThe chef cooked. Melissa reads. |
Pattern: Adjective + Subject + VerbThe creative chef cooked. I like eggs. |
Pattern: Adjective + Subject + Adverb + VerbThe creative chef methodically cooked. |
Pattern: Adjective + Subject + Adverb + Verb + Prepositional PhraseThe creative chef methodically cooked in the kitchen. |
Types Of Sentence Patterns |
We will now look at 5 patterns in the English language. |
Pattern 1 – Subject + VerbExample: Pauly waltzed onto the dancefloor. She read. The tired old woman cleaned often. |
Pattern 2 – Subject + Verb + Direct ObjectExample: Pauly bought a new dress. She read the book. The old woman cleaned the drapes. |
Pattern 3 – Subject + Verb + Direct Object + Indirect ObjectExample: Pauly bought her sister a new dress. The old woman gave the pharmacy her prescription. |
Pattern 4 – Subject + Linking Verb + Noun ComplementExample: Melissa was the class president. The boys were boy scouts. |
Pattern 5 – Subject + Linking Verb + Adjective ComplementExample: The house is very old. I am very hungry. |
Sentence Pattern
Choose the correct verb and then supply the past tense or past participle, as appropriate. sit/set, lie/lay, rise/raise
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