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Sentence Patterns

The document discusses sentence patterns in English. It explains that simple English sentences typically follow a subject-verb-object pattern. Some verbs can be followed by both a direct and indirect object. When this occurs, the pattern is subject-verb-indirect object-direct object. Sometimes a preposition is placed before the indirect object, following the pattern of subject-verb-direct object-preposition-indirect object. Several exercises are provided to rearrange words into correct sentences based on these patterns.

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Sentence Patterns

The document discusses sentence patterns in English. It explains that simple English sentences typically follow a subject-verb-object pattern. Some verbs can be followed by both a direct and indirect object. When this occurs, the pattern is subject-verb-indirect object-direct object. Sometimes a preposition is placed before the indirect object, following the pattern of subject-verb-direct object-preposition-indirect object. Several exercises are provided to rearrange words into correct sentences based on these patterns.

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Sentence Patterns

10. the cook / some chocolate cakes / has made

A. When we make simple English sentences, we usually follow the


Subject Verb Object pattern.
Steps:
1. Put the subject and the adjectives such as fat, thin etc. or any
words describing the subject at the beginning of the sentence.
2. Put the verb and some adverbs such as often, usually etc. after
the subject.
3. Put the object of the verb, the adjectives or other words describing
the object and the adverbs describing the verb at the end of the
sentence.
Subject
Paul
Mary
My father and mother
The fat girl
That little boy

Verb
often eats
ate
are eating
has eaten
will eat

Object
biscuits
two apples quickly
mangoes now
a watermelon
some bread soon

Exercise 1
Rearrange the words in correct order to make complete sentences.

B. Some verbs can be followed by two objects without an and


connecting them.
One of these objects is called the direct object and the other the
indirect
object.
Below is the pattern of a sentence containing both direct object and
indirect object: Subject Verb Indirect Object Direct Object
Subject
I
My parents
We
They

Verb
gave
always tell
have lent
are asking

Indirect Object
my sister
me
him
the teacher

Direct Object
a birthday gift
stories
some money
some questions

Exercise 2
Rearrange the words in correct order to make complete sentences.
e.g. my sister / a birthday cake yesterday / me / baked
My sister baked me a birthday cake yesterday.

e.g. the fat cat / a mouse / is chasing.


The fat cat is chasing a mouse.

1. the short man / has bought/some crayons from the stationery shop / his son

1. that thin girl / is drinking / milk now

3. the patient / gave / some medicine / the nurse

2. the robbers yesterday / the police / caught

4. brought / me / a bouquet of flowers last week / my uncle

3. our teacher / like /we

5. the shopkeeper / the customer / is paying / two hundred dollars

4. my mother / my baby sister / is looking after

6. he / his brother / the secret / has never told

5. has just written / a letter / the tall man

7. a postcard from Japan / sent / her / her best friend

6. the students / have solved / some Mathematics problems

8. did not lend / his new model car / the child / his classmate

7. her aunt tomorrow / will visit / Mary

9. her mother / cooked / her / some porridge

8. newspapers every day / my boss / reads

10. has ever given/any help/the blind woman/no one in the street

9. enjoyed / the movie / the audience

2. the policeman / has just shown / the driver / his driving license

5. ____________________________________________________________
C. Sometimes a preposition is put in front of the indirect object.

6. ____________________________________________________________
7. ____________________________________________________________

The pattern of such sentence is :


Subject Verb Direct Object Preposition Indirect Object
Subject

Verb

My friend
His parents

has sent
bought

Direct
Object
a letter
a computer

Preposition
to
for

8. ____________________________________________________________
Indirect
Object
me
him

9. ____________________________________________________________
10. ___________________________________________________________
Exercise 2
1. ____________________________________________________________

Exercise 3

2. ____________________________________________________________

Rewrite each of the following sentences by placing the word in brackets

3. ____________________________________________________________

before the indirect object.

4. ____________________________________________________________

e.g. My brother showed me his new wallet. (to)


My brother showed his new wallet to me.

5. ____________________________________________________________

1. The postman took her a letter yesterday. (to)

7. ____________________________________________________________

2. The dog owner gives his dog a bone every day. (to)

8. ____________________________________________________________

3. The students sent their teacher a present. (to)

9. ____________________________________________________________

4. The gardener handed me some flowers. (to)

10. ___________________________________________________________

5. My mother has already taken my father a cup of coffee.(to)


6. She found me a seat in the concert last Sunday. (for)
7. Betty has painted her best friend a beautiful picture. (for)
8. We bought our uncle a pair of gloves on his birthday. (for)
9. The tailor made the princess a new dress. (for)
10. Judy has baked me some chocolate cookies. (for)
ANSWER
Exercise 1
1. ____________________________________________________________

6. ____________________________________________________________

Exercise 3
1. ____________________________________________________________
2. ____________________________________________________________
3. ____________________________________________________________
4. ____________________________________________________________
5. ____________________________________________________________
6. ____________________________________________________________
7. ____________________________________________________________

2. ____________________________________________________________

8. ____________________________________________________________

3. ____________________________________________________________

9. ____________________________________________________________

4. ____________________________________________________________

10. ___________________________________________________________

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