This document discusses sentence patterns. It defines a sentence as a group of words that convey a complete thought or meaning. A sentence pattern refers to the arrangement and structure of words in a grammatically correct sentence. There are four basic types of sentence patterns: simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex. The document also identifies the essential elements of a sentence pattern, including the subject, verb, object, complement, and adjunct. It provides examples of basic sentence patterns using these elements, such as subject-verb, subject-verb-complement, and subject-verb-object patterns.

1. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru College of Agriculture and Research Institute –
Karaikal 609603
COURCE TITLE: PGS 502 Technical writing and communication skills (0+1)
COURCE TEACHER: Ms. NOYALA SEBASTIN
TOPIC: SENTENCE PATTERN
BY,
R.VIMALRAJ

2. Define sentence?
• A sentence is a group of words which give complete meaning in
sense.
Examples:
1. Am I engineer an. (Incorrect)
2. I am an engineer. (Correct)

3. What is a sentence pattern?
• A sentence pattern is an arrangement of words.
• This arrangement needs to be in a grammatically correct structure.
• It means the placement of verbs and nouns should be correct to form
a meaningful sentence.
• Without the correct placement of words, you can not express your
thoughts properly while speaking.
• A sentence pattern refers to the different types of phrases and
clauses used in the sentence and how the writer change the structure
of the sentence.

4. Phrases and clauses
Phrases – group of connected words, but it is not a complete sentence
because it is missing a subject and / or a verb. Phrases are just a one
components that makes up a complete sentence.
Clauses – a subject (actor) and a verb (action). There are two types of
clauses.
1. An independent clause is a complete thought. It can stand alone as
a complete sentence.
2. A dependent clauses cannot stand alone as a complete sentence
(even though it may contain a subject and verb). It begins with a
subordinating conjunction (because, when, while, after ect.,)

5. What are the types of sentence pattern?
• There are four types of sentence pattern.
• These include
1. Simple
2. Compound
3. Complex
4. Compound-complex

6. Essential elements of sentence pattern
• Subject (S)
• Verb (V)
• Object (O)
• Complement (C)
• Adjunct (A)

7. Basic
sentence
pattern
SV
SVC
SVA
SVO
SVOC
SVOA
SVOO

8. Subject [S]
 Denotes what the sentence is about
 Dore of the action / topic of the sentence
 Subject performs the action in a sentence.
(It can be a noun/ pronoun/ infinitive/ gerund)
 A subject is a noun
A person, place or thing
 Or a pronoun
A word that takes the place of a noun
She/he/they
It

9. Cont.,
• It answer the questions.
 What?
 Who?
Examples:
1. Raghul won the match. (who won the match?)
2. The cat killed the rat. (who killed the rat?)
3. A rat is killed by the cat. (what is killed by the cat?)

10. Verb [V]
verbs
are “doing”
or “action”
words
 A verb is a word that shows the action or state-of-being of
the subject of the sentence.

11. Types of verbs
Transitive Requires direct
object
I eat an apple
Intransitive Requires no
complements/object
He became poor
Linking Requires a subject
complements
Sunil is an farmer

12. Object [O]

13. Basic sentence pattern
1. S + V He laughed.
2. S + V + C He became a doctor.
3. S + V + A She lives in Tokyo.
4. S + V + O She opened the door.
5. S + V + O + C She calls me Aki.
6. S + V + O + A He put her bag on the desk.
7. S + V + O + O She sent me a letter.
WHO DOES (IS) WHO/WHAT WHERE WHEN

15. Examples
He / is / a lawyer.
The cat / killed / the mouse.
I / hate / food
S + V + C
S + V + O
S + V + O

16. The cow / gives / us / milk.
I / saw / two vans.
My father / told /me / the whole story.
S + V + IO + DO
S + V + O
S + V + IO + DO

17. The baby / cries.
The ball / is / in the air.
We / are living / happily
S + V
S + V + A
S + V + A

18. My car / is / In workshop.
Birds / fly / together.
It / rains / heavily.
S + V + A
S + V + A
S + V + A