Sentence Pattern

 SENTENCE PATTERN

            English learners and writers start their learning by studying noun, verb, pronoun, etc., But it is not enough to study it separately. Learners should know how to arrange it correctly. To write the error-free sentence, they should learn "Sentence Pattern". You cannot express your thought correctly when you do not know how to arrange the words. So it is just that before writing English we should be well known in Sentence Pattern. Mainly there are five kinds of sentence pattern. 

• Subject (S)
• Verb (V) 
• Object (O)
• Adjunct or Adverbial (A)
• Compliment (C)      

SUBJECT (S) :

            A person or a thing that performing the action is called a Subject. It is the doer of the action.  

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Raji is washing her clothes. 

Here the word Raji is a Subject. Because she is the person who is performing the action (washing). 

Examples: 

• Shruthi likes Ice cream. 
• Rani likes cat.
• Veera is my friend. 
• School starts at 8'clock. 

VERB (V): 

            A word that expresses an action, occurrence or state of being. There are two kinds of verbs. They are the helping verb and main verb. Helping verbs tells the "time" of the action. The main verb shows the action. 

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Children are playing in the garden.

"are playing" shows the action of the subject. Here "are" is the helping verb and "playing" is the main verb. 

Examples : 

• She is driving a car. 
• He helped me. 
• Vimala is a doctor. 
• The river looks beautiful. 
• She is a nice girl.

 OBJECT (O): 

            An object is a person or a thing that receives the action of the verb. If there is an answer for a question "whom" or "what", then it is an Object. There are two types of Object. They are Direct Object and Indirect Object.

            If there is an answer to the question "What", then it is called Direct Object (DO).

            If there is an answer for the question "To Whom", it is called Indirect Object (I O).

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My mother gave me a pen. 

Here the word "me" answers the question "to whom" so it is called Indirect Object. And the word "a pen" answers the question "what" so it is called Direct Object. 

Examples: 

• He painted the car blue. - the car (IO) blue(DO)                                                                                    
• The principal gave him an award. - him (IO) an award (DO)                                                                               
• My father presented me with a bike.- me (IO) with a bike (DO)                                                                                          
• My grandma told me a story  - me (IO) a story (DO)                                                                                    
• The king gave the soldier his sword.- the soldier (IO) his sword(DO)                                                                           

ADJUNCT OR ADVERBIAL (A):

            An adjunct is a word or a phrase, which modifies the verb. It clearly shows the place, time and manner. Without Adjunct, the sentence gives meaning. It's an extra word to the sentence. 

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She writes beautifully.

Here the word "beautifully" describes the modification of the verb.

Examples:

• Raja got up early.
• The Chief Minister arrives tomorrow. 
• The Minister stated his policy clearly. 
• Yesterday I watch a movie. 
• The dog slept peacefully.  

COMPLIMENT (C): 

            A compliment is a word or a phrase that describe the subject or object in the sentence. It helps to complete the sentence. Without the complement, the sentence will not complete. 

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I'm a singer. 

Here the word Singer is a Compliment. Because it describes the subject and without the word "singer" the sentence should not complete. 

Example: 

• She is kind. 
• She seems wise. 
• My sister is an engineer. 
• Valli is a doctor. 
• Harshad is a student. 

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