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Sentence Organization: Prepared By: Hans Matthew Antiojo

The document provides an overview of sentence structure and organization. It defines sentence structure as the relationships among words that form a sentence. Specifically, it discusses complexity and organization, noting that word order is key to expressing relationships in English. Common sentence patterns in English are then outlined, including subject-verb-object and other patterns using linking verbs, intransitive verbs, and transitive verbs. Tips are provided for answering questions on sentence organization, and examples of different sentence patterns are given.

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Sentence Organization: Prepared By: Hans Matthew Antiojo

The document provides an overview of sentence structure and organization. It defines sentence structure as the relationships among words that form a sentence. Specifically, it discusses complexity and organization, noting that word order is key to expressing relationships in English. Common sentence patterns in English are then outlined, including subject-verb-object and other patterns using linking verbs, intransitive verbs, and transitive verbs. Tips are provided for answering questions on sentence organization, and examples of different sentence patterns are given.

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SENTENCE

ORGANIZATION
Prepared by: Hans Matthew Antiojo
Definition of Sentence Structure
◦ Sentence structure, or syntax, is about the relationships
among the words that form a sentence.

◦ Sentence structure has two aspects: complexity (including


length) and organization (word order). These aspects are
related to each other because word order is the principal
device available in English to express the interrelationship of
ideas in a sentence
Overview of Sentence Organization
◦ The meaning of sentences depends on more than the meaning
of the individual words they contain. It also depends on the
relationships among the ideas conveyed by the words. The
order in which these ideas are presented greatly affects the
ease with which their relationships can be understood. In
English, the usual order of ideas is subject - verb - object.
Tips in Answering Sentence
Organization Tests
1. Know the simple story and topic sentence.

2. Familiarize yourself with the different sentence patterns and


royal order of adjectives.
3. If having difficulties, scan the choices for commonalities.

4. Practice!
Different Sentence Patterns
(Overview)
1. “Be” Patterns (3)
2. Linking Verb Patterns (2)

3. Intransitive Verb Pattern (1)

4. Transitive Verb Patterns (5)


“Be” Verb Patterns

1. The student are upstairs. (S – BV – Adv)

2. The students are diligent. (S – BV – Adj)

3. The students are scholars. (S – BV – PN)


Linking Verb Patterns

1. The students seem diligent. (S – LV – Adj)

2. The students became scholars. (S – LV – PN)


Intransitive Verb Pattern
1. The students rested. (S – IV)

Transitive Verb Patterns


1. The student studied their assignment. (S – TV - DO)

2. The students gave the professor their homework.


(S – TV – IO - DO)
Transitive Verb Patterns
3. The students consider the teacher intelligent.
(S – TV – DO - Adj)

4. The students consider the course a challenge.


(S – TV – DO - PN)

5. The students threw the ball to the dog.


(S – TV – DO - OP)
SAMPLE PROBLEMS
Sample Item # 1:
1) Chinese 7) ancient
2) my mother 8) ceramic
3) an 9) beautiful
4) just 10) a
5) Blue 11) bought
6) vase
A. 10 – 9 – 7 – 5 – 8 – 1 – 6 – 4 – 11
B. 2 – 4 – 11 – 10 – 9 – 7 – 5 – 1 – 8 – 6
C. 2 – 4 – 11 – 3 – 7 – 9 – 5 – 8 – 1 -6
D. 10 – 9 – 5 – 7 – 1 – 8 – 6 – 2 – 4 – 11
Sample Item # 2:
1) order 6) forgotten
2) a 7) he had
3) couldn’t 8) his
4) because 9) steak dinner
5) he 10) wallet

A. 5 – 3 – 1 – 2 – 9 – 4 – 7 – 6 – 8 – 10
B. 7 – 6 – 2 – 10 – 4 – 5 – 3 – 1 – 8 – 9
C. 7 – 1 – 2 – 9 – 4 – 5 – 3 – 6 – 8 – 10
D. 2 – 9 – 5 – 3 – 1 – 4 – 7 – 6 – 8 – 10
SAMPLE PROBLEMS

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