The Five Basic Sentence Types. The Five Sentence Types I.Intransitive II.Linking Verb Be plus adverbial of time or place III.Linking Verb plus adjectival.

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The Five Basic Sentence Types

The Five Sentence Types I.Intransitive II.Linking Verb Be plus adverbial of time or place III.Linking Verb plus adjectival subject complement IV.Linking Verb plus nominal subject complement V.Transitive

Type I – Intransitive child is singing The loudly horse will sleep The in barn the

Type I – Intransitive S NPVP DETN The child is sleeping soundly. MVPADVP AUXMVADV intr

Type II – Be + time or place child will be The there concert was The on Friday

Type II – Be + time or place S NPVP DETN The child will be there. MVPADVP AUXMVADV be pl

Type III – Linking Verb with Adjectival Phrase child seems The pasta will taste The good very sleepy

Type III – Linking Verb with Adjectival Phrase S NPVP DETN The child seems sleepy. MVPADJP MV ADJ link

Type IV – Linking Verb plus Noun Phrase horse is becoming The problem a child is The cousin my

S NPVP DETN The child is my cousin. MVPNP MV N link Type IV – Linking Verb plus Noun Phrase DET

horse might buck The rider that child chewed The cashew the Type V – Transitive

S NPVP DETN The child chewed the cashew. MVPNP MV N tr Type V – Transitive DET