Basic sentence patterns

Basic Sentence patterns

There are nine basic sentence patterns in English grammar according to my experience. These are (1) subject and intransitive verb (2) Subject, linking verb and complement (3) subject , transitive verb and object (4)  Subject , transitive verb , indirect object and direct object (5) Subject , transitive verb, direct object, preposition and indirect object (6) subject, transitive verb, preposition and object (7) subject , transitive , object and complement (8) There , verb and subject and (9) It and verb.

(1) subject and intransitive verb

(a)   Birds fly.

(b)    Dogs bark.

(c)    Cat mew.

(d)   Cocks crow.

(e)    Lion roars.

(2) Subject, linking verb and complement

According to second patterns, there are nine complement behind the linking verb which are to be “am, is are, was, were, be, being, been , very to be and become , seem , so on.

(1)   Noun

(2)   Adjective

(3)    Pronoun

(4)   Ving or present participle

(5)   V 3 or part participle

(6)    To verb

(7)   Adverb

(8)   Preposition + noun or pronoun

(9)    Clause (noun clause)

(1)   Noun complement

I am a student.

(2)   Adjective complement

You became rich.

He seemed sad.

(3)   Pronoun complement

This is mine.

This pencil was his.

(4)    Ing verb or  present participle

Mg mg is sleeping.

(5)   V3 or past participle

My pencil is broken.

(6)   To verb

I am to blame.

Nobody is to know.

(7)   Adverb complement

He is here.

Kyaw kyaw was there.

(8)   Preposition noun complement

He is in the school.

I am in the house.

She is on the road.

(9)   Noun clause

Life is what you make of it.

That is why I hate you.

(3) Subject transitive verb and object

Cows eat grass.

I write a letter.

I eat rice.

(4) Subject , transitive verb, indirect object and direct object

I gave ko ko a book.

He lent me his book.

(5) Subject, transitive verb, direct object, preposition and indirect object

I gave a book to kyaw kyaw

He lent his pen to me.

(6) Subject transitive very and preposition , object

I look at the picture.

She looks for the chimps.

Nurses look after the patient.

(7)  Subject, transitive verb, object and complement

They made me.

They made me their leader.

I get my pen repaired.

(8) There , verb , subject

There are flowers.

There is water.

(9)  It verb

It rain. (verb)

It snow heavily (adverb)

It is cold. (Adjective)

It is ten O’s clock. (Noun)

It is not safe to go alone in the night.

It is true that birds can count.

It is farmers who produce our food.