Basic Sentence Patterns

Question 1

Pattern I ? Example

Answer 1

Verbal group only EG The car passed

Question 2

Pattern II? Example

Answer 2

Verbal group + subject complement EG Rita is beautiful

Question 3

Pattern III? Example

Answer 3

Verbal Group + Object Eg He is playing cricket

Question 4

Pattern IV? Example

Answer 4

Verbal Group + Indirect Object + Direct object Eg he taught her linguistics

Question 5

Pattern V? Example

Answer 5

Verbal Group + object + complement Eg He left her a widow

Question 6

What’s a basic /kernel sentence?(4 pts)

Answer 6

A simple, declarative, affirmative, active voice sentence

Question 7

There are ___ patterns for basic sentences

Answer 7

5

Question 8

Intransitive sentence pattern means?

Answer 8

Verbs that don’t take object

Question 9

Transitive sentence pattern means?

Answer 9

Verbs that take object

Question 10

Complement can be…(4 pts)

Answer 10

Noun, adverbial, prepositional, adjectivial phrase

Question 11

VG which can take all 4 complements

Answer 11

Be type

Question 12

VG which can take only noun phrase as complement

Answer 12

Have type

Question 13

VG which can take only adjectivial phrase as complement

Answer 13

Smell type

Question 14

VG which can take noun and adjective phrase as complement

Answer 14

Become type

Question 15

VG which can take reflexive pronouns as complement

Answer 15

Behave type

Question 16

VG which can take adverbial or prepositional complement

Answer 16

Lie type