Friday, 19 January 2018

Different sentence patterns commonly used in English.

1. Subject + verb
Example:- The bird+ flies
2. Subject +verb+object
Example:- Joy +reads +books
3. Subject +verb+ object+object
Example:- He +gave+me +a book
4. Subject+verb+complement
Example:- he + is + a teacher
5. Subject + verb + object +complement
Example:- he + called + me + a fool
6. Subject + verb+ noun/pronoun+ present participle
Example:- we + found + the baby +crying
7. Subject + verb+ object + to-infinitive
Example:- we +asked +him+to go.
8. Subject + verb+ that clause(object of the verb)
Example:- I + know +that he is a good boy.
9. Subject +verb+ wh-clause
Example:- I +knew +when you would come.
10. Introductory there + be-verb+ subject + adverbial
Example:- there + is + a school + in our village.
11. It +be + adjective/noun +noun clause.
Example:- it +is+a pity + that you did not try harder.