1. Sentence Patterns

2. “Be ‘’ verb patterns Ex: The children are upstairs. (place)
Be verbs: am, is are, was, were, be ,being, and been
1. Subject + be verb + adverb of time/place
Ex: The children are upstairs. (place)
Ex: His job interview is tomorrow. (time)
2. Subject + be verb + predicate adjective
Ex: The puppies are playful.
3. Subject + be verb + predicate noun
Ex: John is my cousin.

3. Linking verb patterns
Linking verbs deal the senses, plus the words appears, remains, seems, becomes, and became 4. Subject + linking verb + predicate adjective Ex: The spaghetti smells delicious. 5. Subject + linking verb + predicate noun Ex; The students became grammarians.

4. “Intransitive ” verb pattern
6. Subject + intransitive verb Ex: The boys laughed Ex: The baby cried Ex: Paula hesitated Ex: John waited at the library.

5. “Transitive” verb patterns
7. subject + trans. Verb + direct object Ex: The children ate their lunch. 8. Subject + trans. Verb + Indirect object + direct object Ex: Bob gave Susan a new car. 9. Subject + trans. Verb + D.O. + objective complement adjective Ex: The boys consider her quite attractive. 10. Subject + trans. Verb + obj. comp. noun Ex: The children consider their naps an irritation.

6. Things to consider when identifying patterns
Identify the sentence verb 1st
“a,” “an,” and “the” are articles and function as adjectives.

7. Sentence Types
1. Simple: Is an independent clause, which contains a subject/verb and is a complete thought. Ex: Robert has a new car 2. Compound: Contains 2 independent clauses Ex: Mary likes the Mountains, but Jackie prefers the seashore? 3. Complex: contains at least I independent clause and I or more dependent clauses: Ex: After we left the football game, we went to the Waffle House.

8. 4.Compound/complex: Contains at least 2 independent clauses and I or more dependent clauses. Ex: Because there was very little ran this year, the corn crop was poor, and the cattle had to eat old stores of hay.