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Basic Sentence Patterns

This document provides an overview of basic English grammar concepts including: 1) Six basic sentence patterns involving subjects, verbs, objects, and complements. 2) The functions of nouns such as direct objects and predicates. 3) Types of verbals like infinitives and gerunds. 4) The meanings and uses of modals, adverbs, prepositions, and conjunctions.

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Basic Sentence Patterns

This document provides an overview of basic English grammar concepts including: 1) Six basic sentence patterns involving subjects, verbs, objects, and complements. 2) The functions of nouns such as direct objects and predicates. 3) Types of verbals like infinitives and gerunds. 4) The meanings and uses of modals, adverbs, prepositions, and conjunctions.

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Basic Sentence Patterns 1. S-IV (Subject + transitive verb) ~It doesnt require an object. ~I laughed. 2.

S-V-A (Subject+verb+adverbial) ~I walked along the streets of New York City. 3. S-LV-C ( Subject + linking verb + complement) ~Students from Evans are very noisy but so friendly. 4. S-TV-DO (Subj + transitive verb + direct object) ~They gave [what?who?] 5. S-TV-IO-DO ( Subj. + trans. Verb + Indirect obj + Direct obj) ~I gave Mr. Marcellano the keys to my locker for safekeeping. 6. S-TV-DO-OC (Subj. + trans verb + direct obj + obj complement) ~Students from Evans awarded Mr. Marcellano teacher of the year. Functions of Nouns Direct Obj: answers "whom" or "what" after an action verb. Prep. Complement: Indirect Obj:tells "to whom" Appositive: noun or pronoun that comes Obj of Prep: last word in a prep. phrase Predicate Nom: always renames the subject. Direct Address: to address someone Subject: Subject tells "who" or "what" about the verb. Obj Com: follows a direct object and rename it Verbals: ~a verbal is a noun, adjective or adverb form of a verb. ~Kinds of Verbals: Infinitives- TO+baseform Gerunds- -ING+nouns Participles- -D, -ED, -EN Modals: ~Modals are special verbs which behave very irregularly in English

Modal Meanings: ~EXTRINSIC-human judgement -possibility, prediction, necessity ~INTRINSIC-inner human control -permission, violation, necessity Adverb: part of speech that is primarily used to modify a verb, adjective, or other adverb. DISJUNCT:expresses the speaker or writers attitude to what is being described. ADJUNCT: Regardless of its position, an adverb is often neatly integrated into the flow of a sentence. CONJUNCT:also known as conjunctive adverb. It indicates the relationship between two independent clauses. SUBJUNCT:indicates such things as why, where, when & how. Prepositions:A preposition links nouns, prono uns and phrases to other words in asentence. The word or phrase that the preposition introduces is called the object of the preposition. -- "about," "above," "across," "after," "against," "along," "among," "around," "at," "before," "behind," "below," "beneath," "beside," "between," "beyond," "but," "by," "despite," "down," "during," "except," "for," "from," "in," "inside," "into," "like," "near," "of," "off," "on," "onto," "out," "outside," "over," "past," "since," "through," "throughout," "till," "to," "toward," "under," "underneath," "until," "up," "upon," "with," "within," and "without." Conjunctions: You can use a conjunction to link words, phrases, and clauses. COORDINATING: fanboys CORRELATIVE: always appear in pairs SUBORDINATING: introduces a dependent clause

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Janet Lyn A. Hammond II-Evans
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