Written Expression

Simple Sentence patterns

T here are five basic patterns[1] around which most English sentences are built.They are as follows:

  1. Subject+IntransitiveVerb

  2. Subject+Transitive Verb+Direct Object

  3. Subject+ Transitive Verb +Indirect Object +Direct Object

  4. Subject +Linking Verb+Subject,Complement

  5. Subject +Linking Verb+Direct Object+Object Complement

sentence patterns
  1. An Introduction to English Grammar

    Gerald Nelson,Sidney Greenbaum,An Introduction to English Grammar,2009,Routeldge

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