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Sentence Parts and Patterns: Pencils/pens May Come in Handy For Color-Coding During This Lesson!

The document provides an overview of the four basic sentence patterns in English: subject + verb, subject + verb + direct object, subject + verb + indirect object + direct object, and subject + linking verb + subject complement. It explains the key parts of each pattern, including the subject, verb, direct object, indirect object, and subject complement. Examples are given to illustrate each pattern. Steps for identifying the sentence parts are outlined.

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Sentence Parts and Patterns: Pencils/pens May Come in Handy For Color-Coding During This Lesson!

The document provides an overview of the four basic sentence patterns in English: subject + verb, subject + verb + direct object, subject + verb + indirect object + direct object, and subject + linking verb + subject complement. It explains the key parts of each pattern, including the subject, verb, direct object, indirect object, and subject complement. Examples are given to illustrate each pattern. Steps for identifying the sentence parts are outlined.

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NOTE: Colored

pencils/pens
SENTENCE PARTS AND may come in
handy for
PATTERNS color-coding
during this
lesson!
Previously we
learned…

WHAT PARTS MAKE A 1 . Subject


2. Predicate
SENTENCE? Adding on…
3. Direct
Object
4. Indirect
Object
HOW TO FIND THE SENTENCE PARTS
S TA R T w i t h t h e V E R B !

 To f i n d t h e p r e d i ca te : l o c a te a n a c t io n v e r b , l i n k i n g v e r b , o r v e r b p h r a s e

N E X T … l o o k f o r t h e S U B J E C T.

 To f i n d t h e s u b j e c t : A s k w h o / w h a t [ v e r b ] ?

A s e n te n c e m ay h a v e a D I R E C T O B J E C T, I N D I RE C T O B J E C T, o r B OT H!

 To f i n d t h e d i r ec t o b j ec t : A s k [ v e r b ] w h a t ?

 To f i n d t h e i n d i r e c t o b j e c t : A s k [ v e r b ] t o / fo r w h o m / w h a t ?

EXAM PLE: I gave M om a bouquet of weeds.


 PREDICATE : action/linking/verb phrase gave

 SUBJECT: Who/What [gave]? I

 Direct Object: [gave] what? a bouquet of weeds

 Indirect Object: [gave] to whom? M om


FIND THE PARTS OF THIS SENTENCE:

EXAMPLE #2: Tomorrow will be a snow day.

 PREDICATE: find an action verb, linking verb, or verb phrase


 will be

 SUBJECT: who/what [verb]?


 Tomorrow

 Direct Object: [verb] what?


 a snow day

 Indirect Object: [verb] to/for whom/what?


 nothing!
FIND THE PARTS OF THIS SENTENCE:

 EXAMPLE: At Barnes and Noble, the students bought


their teacher a new book.
 PREDICATE: find an action verb, linking verb, or verb phrase
 bought

 SUBJECT: who/what [verb]?


 the students

 Direct Object: [verb] what?


 a new book

 Indirect Object: [verb] to/for who/what?


 their teacher

 What’s “At Barnes and Noble”?


 Prepositional phrase that tells more about the predicate “bought”
SENTENCE PARTS
CREATE SENTENCE
PATTERNS IN OUR
LANGUAGE
FOUR SENTENCE PATTERNS:

1. Subject + Verb

2. Subject + Verb + Direct Object

3. Subject + Verb + Indirect Object + Direct Object

4. Subject + Linking Verb + Subject Complement


PATTERN #1:
SUBJECT + VERB
 In its simplest form, a sentence has two parts: a subject
and a verb. They express a complete thought when they
are together. Remember a sentence is like a bike…

Subject + Verb
 Answers who/what is doing the action?
 Options: noun or pronoun
 Shows an action or a state of being
 Options: action verb, linking verb,
or verb phrase (helping verb + main verb)
EXAMPLES OF PATTERN #1: S+V

Subject + Verb
Dog barks.
Plural noun Action verb
I am.
Pronoun Linking verb

Siblings argue. Action verb


Plural noun

Proper Noun Al should go. Verb phrase

Compound subject He and I arrived. Action verb


NOW YOU TRY…

1 . Write an original sentence using this pattern: Subject + Verb

 Singular noun + action verb

 Plural noun + linking verb

 Singular subject pronoun + verb phrase

 Plural subject pronoun + action verb

 Proper noun + compound predicate

2. Find three examples of this pattern (SUBJECT + VERB) in your PCR


book. Tr y to find a variety of subjects and verbs.
PATTERN #2:
SUBJECT + VERB + DIRECT OBJECT

Subject + Verb + Direct Object


 Who or What?
 Noun or pronoun
 ACTION verb OR VERB PHRASE
(helping verb + action verb)
 Receives the action of the verb
 Ask yourself: [verb] what?
 Example: Jenny made a cake.
 Subject: Jenny
 Verb: made
 Direct Object: cake
TRY THESE S+V+DO EXAMPLES:

1. Label the sentence parts:


Monkeys eat bananas.

She loves her job.

He’s eating an orange.

2. Find three examples of this pattern (SUBJECT


+ VERB + DIRECT OBJECT) in your PCR book.
Try to find a variety of subjects and verbs.
ANSWERS:

1. Monkeys eat bananas.


S V DO

2. She loves her job.


S V DO

3. He’s eating an orange.


S V DO
PATTERN #3:
SUBJE C T + VE RB + I N DI RE C T OBJ E C T + DI RE C T OBJ E C T

Subject + Verb + Indirect Object + Direct Object


Who or What?
Noun or pronoun

ACTION verb OR VERB PHRASE


(helping verb + action verb )

Identifies to or for whom or what


the action of the verb is per formed
Ask your self : [verb] to/for whom/what?

Receives the action of the verb


Ask your self: [verb] what ?
 Example: Jenny made Dad a cake.
 Subject: Jenny
 Verb: made
 Indirect Object: Dad
 Direct Object: cake
TRY THESE S+V+IO+DO EXAMPLES:

Label the sentence parts:


1. The teacher gave her students A's.

2. Grandfather will leave the dogs his money.

3. The pirate sold me his boat.


ANSWERS:

1. The teacher gave her students A's.


S V IO DO

2. Grandfather will leave the dogs his money.


S V IO DO

3. The pirate sold me a boat.

S V IO DO
PATTERN #4:
SUBJECT + LINKING VERB + SUBJECT COMPLEMENT

Subject + Linking Verb + Subject Complement

 “To be” verbs like


am, is, are, was, were, etc.
 Sensory verbs like
appear, feel, grow, look, etc.
 the adjective OR noun that
follows a linking verb.
 complement = completes the subject

 A linking verb LINKS the subject of the sentence to its subject


complement; therefore, this pattern only works with linking
verbs.
EXAMPLES OF S+LV+SC

1. Brandon is a gifted athlete.


 Brandon = subject

 is = linking verb

 athlete = noun as subject complement.

2. He becomes embarrassed when people compliment


his skill.
 He = subject

 becomes = linking verb

 embarrassed = adjective as subject complement.


SUBJECT COMPLEMENT ≠ DIRECT OBJECT

 Don't mistake a subject complement for a direct


object!
 Only linking verbs can have subject complements.

 Example: Brenna felt sick this morning.


 Brenna = subject
 felt = linking verb
 sick = adjective subject complement.

 Example: She felt her forehead but did not detect a temperature.
 She = subject
 felt = action verb
 forehead = direct object (Remember D.O. answers: [verb] what?)
PRACTICE: LABEL EACH SENTENCE WITH
ITS SENTENCE PATTERN:
 Subject +
verb (S + V)
 Subject +
verb + direct object (S + V + DO)
 Subject +
verb + indirect object + direct object (S+V+IO+DO )
 Subject +
linking verb + subject complement (S + LV + SC)
S V IO DO
 Example: T he mother g ave her c hildren a snack .

1. Books convey ideas.


2. Dolphins leap.
3. The pitcher threw the catcher a curve ball.
4. John hates lima beans.
5. The sea is beautiful even in winter.
6. The writer sold his publisher a three -part story.
7. You seem worried.
8. Elizabeth will swim.
ANSWERS:

 Subject + verb
 Elizabeth will swim.
 Dolphins leap.

 Subject + verb + direct object


 John hates lima beans.
 Books convey ideas.

 Subject + linking verb + subject complement


 The sea is beautiful even in winter.
 You seem worried.

 Subject + verb + indirect object + direct object


 The writer sold his publisher a three-part story.
 The pitcher threw the catcher a curve ball.

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