Week 2 Basic Sentence Pattern Flashcards
It is composed of a subject and a predicate.
sentence
A ________ is a group of words that has a complete thought.
sentence
The ________ is what (or whom) the sentence is about. It may be a noun or a pronoun.
subject
The little girl is very happy.
What is the subject?
The little girl
The _______ tells something about the subject.
predicate
The little girl is very happy.
What is the predicate?
is very happy.
It expresses a state of being, not an action, and is followed by a predicate noun or pronoun which tells what the sentence is, or renames the subject in different terms, or by a complement adjective, which describes or modifies the sentence subject.
Linking verb
The little girl is very happy.
what is the linking verb (LV)
is
It expresses an action that has a direct object or receiver of the action.
Transitive verb
Jessa got high grades in English.
what is the transitive verb? (TV)
got
It expresses an action but does not have a direct object that receives the action. The subject of the sentence performs an action but not to, for, or against anything or anybody.
Intransitive verb
Joy cries so easily.
what is the Intransitive verb IV
cries
In a sentence, _______ _______is the noun or noun phrase that’s receiving the action of the verb. The basic construction works like this: Subject + Verb + Who or What.
Direct object
Her secret admirer gave hera bouquet of flowers.
what is the Direct object
a bouquet of flowers.
It is a noun, pronoun, or noun phrase that occurs in addition to a directobjectafter some verbs and indicates the person or thing that receives what is being given or done. The basic construction works like this: Subject + Verb + to whom, to what, for whom or for what.
Indirect object
Her secret admirer gave hera bouquet of flowers.
what is the Indirect object
her
A _______ either renames or describes the subject, and therefore is usually a noun, pronoun, or adjective._______ occur when there is alinking verbwithin the sentence (often a linking verb is a form of the verbto be).
subject complement
Mr. Jack is a good teacher.
what is the Subject complement
teacher
An_______ _______is a word (usually a noun or an adjective) that renames the direct object or states what it has become.
object complement
Chocolates make the little girl very happy.
what is the object complement
very happy
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(s-lv-sc) (s-tv-do) (s-tv-do-oc) (s-tv-io-do) The students are attentive.
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(s-lv-sc) (s-tv-do) (s-tv-do-oc) (s-tv-io-do) Some cat owners consider their pet their children.
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(s-lv-sc) (s-tv-do) (s-tv-do-oc) (s-tv-io-do) Mike bought her flowers and chocolates
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