sentencenotes.txt

What are the five common sentence patterns?
a. S+V
- b. S+AV+DO
- c. S+AV+IO+DO
- d. S+LV+PN
- e. S+LV+PA
Direct objects:

a. answer what questions?
b. always follows what?
- a. 'What?' or 'Whom?'
- b. an action verb
Ex: The komodo dragon eats people.
- People is the DO.
What 3 things must a sentence have?

A subject, verb, and complete thought.
Indirect objects:

a. are always between what and what?
b. answers what questions?
- a. action verb and direct object
- b. 'To whom?', 'For whom?', 'To what?', or 'For what?'
Ex: Jacob gave Bella love.

Bella is the indirect object.
What are the two types of subject complements?

Predicate adjectives and predicate nominatives
Predicate nominatives (predicate nouns):

a. follow what?
b. identify or rename what?
- a. linking verbs
- b. the subject
Ex: The judge is a woman.

Woman is the predicate nominative.
Predicate adjectives:

a. follows what?

b. modifies what?

a. linking verbs

b. the subject

Ex: Jim is tall.

Tall is the predicate adjective.

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sentencenotes.txt

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Notes on parts of the sentence

Updated

2009-11-21T15:06:26Z

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