The sentence patterns
below are the patterns of simple sentences, which have one subject and one
predicate.
Sentence Pattern 1
Subject + Verb
1).
Driver love learning grammar.
=> A bus (Modifier) driver love
learning English
(Complement) grammar.
2).
Person stands next to the door .
=> That (Modifier) person
stands next to the door is my boyfriend (Complement).
3).
Singer founds the room .
=> A pop (Modifier) singer
founds the room empty
(Complement).
4). A car parks in garage.
=> A racing (Modifier) car
parks in pink
(Complement) garage.
Sentence Pattern 2
Subject + Action
verb + Direct object
1). School mistress
is teaching him.
=> A (Modifier) school
mistress is teaching him English(Complement).
2). He finish work.
=> He just (Modifier) finish works today (Complement).
3). I gave him.
=> I gave him only (Modifier)
three dollars(Complement).
4). Students enjoy using the texts.
=> The (Modifier) students enjoy
using the hypermedia
(Complement) texts.
Sentence Pattern 3
Subject
+ Linking verb + Subject complement (Noun or Pronoun)
1). Face will turn red.
=> Brandon's (Modifier) face will turn very (Complement) red.
2). Mike becomes embarrassed when people compliment his skill.
=> Mike often (Modifier)
becomes embarrassed when people
compliment(Complement) his
skill.
3). Lake was a pool.
=> The (Modifier) lake was a tranquil (Complement) pool.
4). That is not what
I want.
=> That shirt
(Modifier) is not what I want (Complement).
Sentence Pattern 4
Subject + Linking verb + Subject complement (Adjective)
1). English
is difficult.
=> English grammar (Modifier) is very (Complement) difficult.
2). The nutrients
are the health of the reef.
=> The plentiful (Complement) nutrients are important(Modifier) to the
health of the reef.
3). Children are angry.
=> All (Modifier)
Children are very
(Complement) angry.
4). The
steps, having been worn down by generations of students, needed to be replaced.
=> The stone (Modifier) steps,
having been worn down (complement) by generations of students, needed to be replaced.
Sentence Pattern 5
Subject + Verb + Indirect object + Direct object
1). My brother gave the boy a prize.
=> My younger (Modifier) brother gave the boy a new (Complement) prize.
2). This cat suck up milk.
=> This white (Modifier) cat suck up her (Complement)
milk.
3).
John read his tiny nephew an exciting story.
=> John read his tiny (Complement)
nephew an exciting
(Modifier) story.
4).
Our father built the family a redwood picnic table.
=> Our father (Complement) built the family a redwood (Modifier)
picnic table.
