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    SENTENCE PATTERN DEFINITION

    There are five important components in a sentence.


    e.g.
    Subject (S) Verb (V) Object (O)

    Complement (C) Adverbial (A)

    1. SUBJECT (S)

    Definition :

    To get ‘S’ ask the quesiton ‘Who?’ before the verb.

    e.g.
    Nancy danced well (Here “Nancy” - Subject)

    The child broke the glass (Here “The child” - Subject)

    consists of nouns or pronouns

    Subject (S) occurs before a verb

    2. VERB (V)

    Definition :

    In every sentence the most important word is the verb. A verb shows action or activity or work
    done.

    e.g.
    He is a doctor (“Be” form verb)

    Jems wrote a letter (Main verb)

    The baby is crying (auxiliary verb + Main verb)

    consists of (a) auxiliaries

    Verb (V) (b) finite verbs

    (a) Auxiliaries

    e.g.
    am, is, are ,was, were

    has, have, had


    does, do, did

    Modals : can, could; will, would; shall, should; may, might; must

    Semi-modals / Quasi Modals : dare to; need to; used to; ought to

    (b) Finte verbs - denote action

    e.g.
    talk, sing, write, make, dance, play, cook, leave, teach, sleep

    - verbs occur after the subject

    - vebs occur before the object

    3. OBJECT (O)

    Definition :

    To get the object ‘O’ ask the question ‘What’ or ‘Whome’. ‘What’ is for things and ‘Whome’
    is for persons. Persons may be nouns or pronouns.

    e.g.
    He bought a pen (a pen = Object)

    He handles the computer (computer = Object)

    I saw him (him = Object)

    Object (O) - consists of nouns or noun phrases or noun clauses

    - direct object

    (a) Do - answers the question ‘what’

    e.g.
    S V O (what)

    I likes animals

    - indirect object

    (b) IO - answers the question ‘whom’

    e.g.
    S V IO (whom) DO

    I gave Rosy a pen

    4. COMPLEMENT (C)

    Definition :
    The words required to complete the meaning of a sentence are called Complement of the
    sentence.

    e.g.
    S V C

    He is a dentist

    She became a journalist

    It grew dark

    Complement (C) - from the word ‘complete’

    - completes the meaning in the sentence

    - wihtout it the, meaning is incomplete

    - wihtout it the, meaning changes

    occurs in two pattern. (i) S V C pattern. (ii) S V O C pattern

    (i) In S V C pattern, the complement C

    - complements the subjects

    - tells about the subject

    - wihtout it the, meaning changes

    - without C, the sentence is incomplete or the sentence changes its meaning

    - use to be forms, grew, became, seems for verb

    e.g.
    S V C

    They are players

    She was angry

    It seems absurd

    (ii) In S V O C pattern

    - the complement tells about the object

    - the complement and object are of the same person or thing

    e.g.
    S V O C

    They called David a genius

    I found her crying


    They elected Michle leader

    Types of Complement
    1. Subject Complement
    Definition :

    The complement which expresses the quality or identity or condition of the subject is
    called Subject Complement.

    e.g.
    She is a doctor She looks sad

    2. Object Complement
    Definition :

    The complement which expresses the quality or identity or condition of an object is


    called Object Complement.

    e.g.
    They made her angry She called him a liar

    Adjunct or Adverbial

    Definition :

    To get ‘A’ ask the question why, when, where or how.

    The use of adverbial is optional whereas complement is essential. It has adverb phrase,
    adverbial clause, noun-phrase and prepositional phrase.
    e.g.
    Why? (reason) When? (Time) Where? (Place) How? (Manner)

    due to cold now, later here, there by bus / cycle

    through floods after 2 years every where through efforts

    under compulsion when young in the sky by mixing

    carefully in the morning at home by hard work

    Adjunct - A - answers the questions where? when? how? why?


    - without A, any change in the meaning of the sentence
    Examples of Adjuncts in sentences
    e.g.
    S V A

    She Comes every day

    - Sit here

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