Sentence Flashcards
A sentence is composed of…
a main clause plus one or more subordinate clauses
A sentence must have…
subject and predicate
A sentence ends…
with a full stop, exclamation or question mark
Which are the sentence patterns?
- S + V
- S + V + Cs
- S + V + O
- S + V + Oi + Od
- S + V + Ac
- S + V + O + Co
- S + V + O + Ac
An example of a sentence with S + V pattern is…
He cries.
An example of a sentence with a S + V + Cs pattern is…
I am a man.
An example of a sentence with a S + V + O pattern is…
Sandra eats strawberries.
An example of a sentence with a S + V + Oi + Od pattern is…
You sent her a letter.
An example of a sentence with a S + V + Ac pattern is…
I am here.
The adverbial complement can be of…
-Position
-Direction
-Movement
An example of a sentence with a S + V + Od + Oc pattern is…
She painted her house blue.
An example of a sentence with a S + V + Od + Ac pattern is…
Gabriel put his phone inside his bag.
A ____ definition of sentence refers to the idea it conveys. It sees the sentence as a ‘’complete thought’’
notional
A ____ definition of a sentence refers to the form or shape of what the term refers to. Here we have the ‘’string of words beginning with capital letter and ending with a full stop’’ definition.
formal
An _____ sentence refers specifically to its written form.
ortographic
