Left side of verb = subject Now we ll look at right side of verb Beware of Dog: Verbs, cont. The dog was (on the patio). Superverb/main verb (intransitive) The dog was eating on the patio. Superverb/HV + main verb The dog was eating a delicious lunch on the patio. Eating what? Transitive verb Passing action to...a noun I crumpled the paper. I threw the paper. I whacked a student. I dropped the book. The transitive verb changes the noun. It attacks the noun...an attack verb. He ran quickly: verb intransitive He ran a mile: verb transitive Right side of transitive verb = direct object; you re directly receiving the action Right side of linking verb = predicate noun. The dog was a delicious lunch. Dog = delicious lunch, equal, linking; you can reverse order Delicious lunch = dog Predicate nominative I am the dog. The dog is me. Old King Cole was a merry old soul and a merry old soul was he. The dog was delicious. Delicious was the dog. Predicate adjective They are holding hands, not attacking. Linking verb. Linking verbs start with to be verbs She seems happy. Happy she seems. This smells good. Good smells it. (Sounds, tastes, feels, became looks, etc.) Linking verb has to be main verb.
Clause Patterns 1. S-V Subject, intransitive verb 2. S-V-DO Subject, transitive verb, direct object 3. S-LV-PN Subject, linking verb, predicate noun 4. S-LV-PA Subject, linking verb, predicate adjective 5. S-V-IO-DO Subject, transitive verb, direct object, indirect object Subject is to left of verb...except: Inverted order: Subject & verb Is Angel a poet? (A question) Angel = subject Is = linking verb Angel is a poet. There was a meeting. A meeting was there. Meeting = subject was = linking verb Objective case Object of the preposition, direct object, indirection object: objective case me, you, him, her, it, us, them Nominative case: Predicate nominative, subject of sentence I, you, he, she, it, we, they
In the Shadows, Clause patterns The woman in the long black dress was walking down the street. The woman in the long black dress was walking her dog. A mugger is hiding in the shadows. He was a vicious criminal He was vicious. th At the corner of 6 Street and Broadway, the woman sensed his presence. She pulled a #5 Schick Heavy-Duty Razor blade from her hair for protection. The blade was sharp. She waited in suspense for his attack. She awaited his attack. He rushed at her from the bushes. He rushed her from the bushes. In surprise, he clutched his stomach with an angry scream of pain. She was an undercover agent with the LAPD. He was a dead man. He was dead. Objective complement I named my dog Spot. (S-VT-DO-OC) We elected George Bush president. (S-VT-DO-OC) I painted my house green. (S-VT-DO-OC) George Bush made me angry. (S-VT-DO-OC) They found him guilty. (S-VT-DO-OC) He became president. (S-LV-PN) We elected him president (S-VT-DO-OC)
Name Period English, Ms. Lockwood Sentence Patterns Practice Directions: Identify the sentence pattern of the following sentences using the following pattern symbols: S-V, S-LV-PN, S-LV- PA, S-V-DO, S-V-IO-DO 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. The cat was standing in the rain. The cat was in the rain. The cat was a pet. The cat was attacking a pet hamster in the yard. The pet hamster was a victim of a cat attack. The student didn t want a bad grade. The student was an intelligent person. The student couldn t be a criminal. The soldier had fought in many battles. The solder had fought the Iraqi soldiers. The allied soldiers were his friends. The solder was in Saudi Arabia with the allied soldiers. The soldier was a 19-year-old young man. The soldier was fighting in a trench. The war would change the young man s life in many ways. The war would be in the young man s memories for many years. The war could have been a nightmare for many people. The soldier was a local boy.
19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. A picture of the soldier was in the local paper. A picture of the soldier was printed in the local paper. The local newspaper has published a story about the soldier. The story will be in the newspaper on Saturday. Many people in this city will read the story on Saturday. The newspaper has received many requests for stories about local soldiers. In the minds of many people, these soldiers are heroes. 26. What is the position name for a noun placed after a linking verb? 27. What is the position name for a noun placed after an attack verb 28. What is the position name of the word rain in sentence #1? 29. What is the position name of the word hamster in sentence #4? 30. What is the position name of the word victim in sentence #5? 31. What is the position name of the word story in sentence #21? 32. What is the position name of the word story in sentence #22?