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5 Sentences Patterns

The document discusses different sentence patterns in English grammar: 1. The S-IV or subject-intransitive verb pattern contains only a subject and an intransitive verb that does not require an object or complement to complete the thought, such as "She studied" or "The sun shone." 2. The S-TV-IO-DO or subject-transitive verb-indirect object-direct object pattern contains a subject performing an action on a direct object, with an indirect object receiving the action, such as "I bought Jenny a birthday present." 3. The S-TV-DO-OC or subject-transitive verb-direct object-object complement pattern contains a subject and

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5 Sentences Patterns

The document discusses different sentence patterns in English grammar: 1. The S-IV or subject-intransitive verb pattern contains only a subject and an intransitive verb that does not require an object or complement to complete the thought, such as "She studied" or "The sun shone." 2. The S-TV-IO-DO or subject-transitive verb-indirect object-direct object pattern contains a subject performing an action on a direct object, with an indirect object receiving the action, such as "I bought Jenny a birthday present." 3. The S-TV-DO-OC or subject-transitive verb-direct object-object complement pattern contains a subject and

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S+LV+CSubject + Linking Verb+ Complement 26.She looks familiar, isnt she?27.IDA ia an acronym for Iron Defiency Anemia.28.

Her husband was in jail two years ago.29.The sun is the center of the solar system.30.Space flights are not new.31.Some astronauts were women.32.Life still remains a great mysptery.33.The Annual Darling Hoopla is a free circus.34.Helena appeared to be overwhelmed.35.Extraterrestrials are probable.36.Experiments have became frequent.37.He became remorseful.38.They were the members of the American rock band The Killers.39.Beethovens Fur Elise sounds wonderful.40.The face of the dancer was pale.41.The clown looks sad in that makeup.42.Your handwriting is not legile.43.The lovers were kissing.44.That big house across the street appears haunted.45.The clouds are heavy with rain.46.The roses look amazing.47.The young widow was overcome by woe.48.During the summer our bodies are dry.49.The mountain climbers remained seated at the big rock Subject- Intransitive Verb Pattern or S-IV PatternSubject- Intransitive Verb Pattern or S-IV Pattern Study the following sentences:She

studied.The dove returned.The choir sang.The old wizard spoke. The sun shone. Note that no other words are needed to complete the thought of the sentence. The verbs studied, returned, sang,, spoke and shone complete the message without a complement or a receiver of the action of the verb. These verbs that do not need complements are called intransitive verbs.A complete sentence may be made with just a subject and an intransitive verb. This kind of basic pattern can be represented by S-IV. The S-IV pattern provides the basis for many kinds of sentences. For example, you can lengthen the sentences by telling how, when or where without changing the basic pattern She studied diligently. (how)She studied in France. (where)The choir sang yesterday. (when)The old wizard spoke eloquently. (how)The choir sang gracefully at the Cathedral. (how, where)The choir sang gracefully at the Cathedral yesterday. (how, where, when
S-TV-IO-DOExample:1. i bought jenny a birthday present2. ave gave her room a fresh coat of paint3. yunnick wrote them a letter4. alfred baked sophia a cake5. abet wrote a letter for Sophia

Examples of s-tv-do-oc sentence - He called the teacher beautiful. - The class elected Nadine president. - Studying keeps him busy. - Cathy cut her hair short.

More examples of s-tv-do-oc 1.They considered him wise 2.The citizens rated their work excellent 3.The men called him Confucius master 4.I call my brother Rommel 5.Many of his friends consider him a comedian 6.The student painted the stage white 7.Others think the decoration perfect 8.We consider it amazing 9.His cousins thought him very stubborn 10.Father thinks me too young to go to parties 11.My friends consider your story unbelievable 12.A talented singer keeps her voice beautiful 13.Her sisters think her dress very much suitable for the ocassion 14.Our neighbors call us Three Marias 15.If you manager finds you handworking,he will promote you- The child made her mother happy. s-tv-do 1. Someone ate my sanDwich. 2.Mark readS the dictionary foR pLeasure. 3.The campers feared the bears. 4.The fans showed their approvaL. 5.Joshua won the contest. I played the guitar.

*Jed played the piano. *He ate sandwich. *I wrote a poem.

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