Unit 2 Sentence Structure

Question 1

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Predicate

Answer 1

Part of a sentence that include the verb

Question 2

pattern 1

How do you find a verb?

Answer 2

By asking yourself “what happends” then you’ll find the action aka the verb

Question 3

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Subject

Answer 3

The word that does the action

Will be a noun or a pronoun

Question 4

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Verb

Answer 4

The word that is either an action or state of being

Question 5

Pattern 1

Anthony left early

disect the sentence

Answer 5

Anthony is the subject and left is the verb

Question 6

Pattern 1

The ancient plumbing leaked badly

disect the sentence

Answer 6

The subject is the plumbing and leaked is the verb

Question 7

Pattern 2

Answer 7

Subject/Verb/Direct Object

The direct object always comes after the verb

Question 8

Pattern 2

John drove the car

disect the sentence

Answer 8

John is the subject, drove is the verb, and car is the direct object

Question 9

Pattern 2

What’s a transitive verb?

define

Answer 9

It’s the verbs that take a direct object

Question 10

Pattern 2

What’s an intransitive verb?

define

Answer 10

They are verbs that don’t take a direct object

Question 11

Pattern 2

What’s a direct object?

define

Answer 11

They are either nouns, pronouns, or words that function as nouns

Question 12

Pattern 2

What’s the difference between an intransitive verb and a transitive verb?

explain

Answer 12

A transitive verb are the verbs that take a direct object while an intransitive verb doesn’t take a direct object

they are opposites

Question 13

Pattern 2

What would an intransitive verb lead to?

Answer 13

it leads to a Subject/Verb setnence pattern

Question 14

Pattern 3

Answer 14

Subject/Verb/Indirect Object/Direct Object

Question 15

Pattern 3

What questions would you ask yourself for this pattern structure? (Pattern 3)

Answer 15

You would ask yourself 4 questions:
- For whom?
- For what?
- To whom?
- To what?

Question 16

Pattern 3

True of False
The words to and for do appear before the indirect object

Answer 16

False, the two word’s wouldn’t appear infront of an indirect object

Question 17

Review Question

What does the verb do for the sentence?

Answer 17

It set’s the condition

Question 18

Pattern 4

Answer 18

Subject/Verb/Direct Object/Object Complement

Question 19

Pattern 4

What are adjectives?

Answer 19

They will describe the object complement

ex: I painted my nails green

Question 20

Pattern 4

What are nouns?

Answer 20

They rename the object complement

ex: He called the man a liar

Question 21

Pattern 4

What’s the difference between an adjective and a noun?

When it comes to an Object Complement

Answer 21

There is no difference they both rename the object complement

Question 22

Pattern 4

What’s the difference?
-He called the man a liar
-He called the man yesterday

Answer 22

Man is the direct object in both sentences. But, liar renames what the man is, while yesterday tells when he called the man

Don’t confuse words that tell when for an object complement

Question 23

Pattern 5

Answer 23

Subject/Verb(linking)/Subject Complement

Question 24

Pattern 5

What are the three main linking verbs?

Answer 24

seem, appear, and become

Question 25

Pattern 5

True or Flase
Forms of to be verbs can be a linking verb

Answer 25

True

however to be verbs are not always linking verbs

Question 26

Pattern 5

If it comes after a linking verb you have a

Answer 26

subject complement

Keep in mind the Subject Complement can be more than one word

Question 27

Pattern 5

What should you do to figure out if a linking verb is present or not?

Answer 27

You would replace the word with “seemed” if the sentence still makes sense then there is a linking verb present