Sentence Pattern is a ppt. which describes in detail the elements of a sentence with interesting examples.

1. SENTENCE PATTERN

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)
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3. Define pattern?
Pattern is an example for
others to follow.
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4. 5 Essential Elements of Sentece
Pattern
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Subject (S)
Verb(V)
Object (O)
Complement (C)
Adjunct (A)
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5. SUBJECT (S)
It answers 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 rat?)
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6. Verb (V)
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7. Types of Verbs
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8. Object (O)
It
answers
the
questions
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9. Object (O)
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10. Complement (C)
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11. Key verbs - before Complement
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12. Key verbs for SUBJECT COMPLEMENT
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13. Key Verbs for Object Complement
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14. Adjunct (A)
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15. EXAMPLES
He / is / a lawyer. - [S + V + C]
The cat / killed / the mouse. - [S + V + O]
I / hate / food. – [S + V + O]
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16. The cow / gives / us / milk.
[S+ V + IO + DO]
My father / told / me / the wholestory.
[S +V +IO + DO]
I / saw / two vans. [S + V + O]
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17. Mosquitoes / spreads / Malaria – SVO
The baby / cries. – SV
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18. I / will stay / in a hotel. [SVA ]
We / are living / happily. [SVA]
Fire / burns [ SV]
He / has paid / him / the money.
[SVIODOA]
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19. The train / arrived / late. [SVA]
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He / plays / Cricket. [SVO]
Bird / flies. [SV]
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The journey / seemed / endless. [S+V+C]
She / appeared / angry. [S+V+C]
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It / rains / heavily. [S+V+A]
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21. My car/ is / in workshop. [S + V + A]
The ball / is / in the air. [S + V + A]
My brother / is / a Chess player. [S + V +
C]
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22. I / have never seen / this / before.
[S + V + O+ A]
He/ will become/ a Software Engineer.
[S + V+ C]
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23. We / should obey/ the traffic signals.
[S + V+ O]
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24. Birds / fly /
together.
[SVA]
Biotechnology / is / my favourite subject.
[SVC]
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25. I / like / Mathematics. [SVO]
Science experiments / are / very interesting.
[SVC]
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26. Few More Examples
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None / was / good – SVC
I / wish / you / success. - SVIODO
Men / are / mortal. - SVC
He / called / his friend / a liar. - SVOC
They / made / her angry. – SVOC
The judge / found/ him/ guilty. – SVOC
Fear / kept / them / silent. – SVOC
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27. Few More Examples
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He / runs /a successful business. SVO
He / runs / every morning. SVA
The groceries / are/ in the kitchen. –SVC
Michael / was / an Olympic gold medalist. SVC
The performance / will be / next month. – SVA
The case / made / the lawyer/ famous. –
SVOC
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28. Tips to remember
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