Nine Sentence Pattern

Question 1

1.

Answer 1

SUBJECT + VERB ( . )
My boss warned me about being late.

Question 2

2.

Answer 2

SUBJECT + VERB ( ; ) SUBJECT + VERB ( . )
My boss warned me about being late; he didn’t fire me.

Question 3

3.

Answer 3

SUBJECT + VERB ( , ) but SUBJECT + VERB ( . )
or
yet
so
for
and
nor
My boss warned me about being late, but he didn’t fire me.

Question 4

4.

Answer 4

SUBJECT + VERB ( ; ) therefore ( , ) SUBJECT + VERB ( . )
however
nevertheless
consequently
furthermore
for example
thus
My boss warned me about being late; however, he didn’t fire me.

Question 5

5.

Answer 5

If SUBJECT + VERB ( , ) SUBJECT + VERB ( . )
Because
Since
When
While
Although
After
Even before
As long as
Whenever
Although my boss warned me about being late, he didn’t fire me.

Question 6

6.

Answer 6

SUBJECT + VERB if SUBJECT + VERB ( . )
because
since
when
while
although
after
even before
as long as
whenever
My boss didn’t fire me although he warned me about being late.

Question 7

7.

Answer 7

SUBJECT (, ) a wealthy banker (, ) VERB ( . )
on the other hand
his heart beating wildly
My boss, a compassionate person, didn’t fire me ( . )

Question 8

8.

Answer 8

SUBJECT + VERB ( : ) A, B, C, and D.
My boss gave me some gifts: an alarm clock, a beeper, a watch, and a book.

Question 9

9.

Answer 9

Dialogue
a. “You’re fired,” he said.
b. He said, “You’re fired.”
c. “You,” he said, “are fired.”
d. Who said that you’re fired?
e. Who said, “You’re fired”?
f. Who said, “Were you fired?”