Sentence Construction

Sentence Construction - Five Ways:

I am now going to show you five ways ( patterns ) of constructing a sentence. Each pattern or sentence structure can be used for making any number of sentences.

The adverbial is not an essential part of the sentence. The brackets around the word 'adverbial' indicate this fact.

1. The "S-V" Structure:

Subject	Intransitive Verb	(Adverbial)
The boys	jumped	over the wall.
He	sleeps	during lectures.
Birds of the same feather	flock	together.

2. The "S-V-O" Structure:

Subject	Transitive Verb	Object	(Adverbial)
She	teaches	English	at the university .
His car	hit	a tree	this morning.
They	will meet	the boss	next Monday.

3. The "S-V-IO-DO" Structure:

Subject	Transitive Verb	Indirect Object	Direct Object	(Adverbial)
The woman	gave	her daughter	a gift	on her birthday .
The bank manager	reluctantly granted	the poor farmer	a loan	this morning.
Mr. Mendoza	taught	us	Greek	in those days.

4. The "S-V-Sc" Structure:

Subject	Linking Verb	Subject(ive) Complement	(adverbial)
Hannah	was	a teacher	in Delhi.
The old man	looks	happy	today.
Those young people	will become	experts	soon.

5. The "S-V-O-OC" Structure:

Subject	Transitive Verb	Object	Object(ive) Complement	(Adverbial)
The PM	appointed	Mr X	a minister	in 2004.
The Inspector	found	the man	innocent.
The landlord	called	the new tenant	a crook.

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