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Saturday 17 November 2018

Sentences

Pattern Of Normal Sentence

SUBJECT + VERB + OBJECT (COMPLEMENT)  + MODIFIER


A sentence is composed of following parts.

SUBJECT: is an agent in the sentence in the active voice who does work.
  • It is a person or thing or phrase noun or proper noun or pronouns that does action.
  • Sometimes pseudo (false) subjects are used e.g it, there etc.

Examples:
  1. Coffee is delicious. ( Thing)
  2. The Chemistry professor cancelled class today. (Noun phrase)
  3. George likes boats. (Proper noun)
  4. They are playing football. (pronoun)
  5. It is a nice day today. (Pseudo subject)
  6. There were many students in the room (Pseudo subject)

VERB: It follows the word and generally shows action.
  • It may be single or verb phrase ( auxiliary or helping verb + main verb)
Note: Auxiliary or helping verbs are (am, is, are, was, were, has, have, had, shall, will, be)

Examples:
  1. John drives too fast.
  2. Joe has gone home.
  3. Mary is watching television.

OBJECT: follows the verb in a sentence. It is usually a noun or noun phrase on which work is done. Object is receiver of the action.
  • It answers the question what or whom
  • In active voice, object is receiver on which work is done.
Example:
  1. John bought a cake yesterday.
  2. They called Mary on last Monday.

COMPLEMENT: Complement is used instead of object but receive no action. It is also follows the verb in a sentence. It is usually a noun, noun phrase, adjective, adverb or any group of words.
Example:
  1. She runs fast.(Subject complement)
  2. He found me disturbed.(Object complement)

MODIFIER: It tells time, place or manner of action.
  • Very often it is prepositional phrase (preposition followed by noun).
  • modifier of time usually comes in last if more than one modifier are used.
  • It may also be adverbial phrase.
  • Modifier answer the question when?, where?, and how?

a- Preposition Phrase: in the morning, at the university, on the table.
b- Adverbal Phrase:   last night, hurriedly, next year, out doors, yesterday.

Example:
  1. Jill was swimming in the pool yesterday.
  2. We at dinner at seven o'clock.
  3. He was driving very fast.

Exercise

In the following separate the parts of sentences:


1: George is cooking dinner tonight.


2: Henry and Maria has visited the president.


3: We can eat lunch in this restuarant today.


4: Pal should have bought gasoline yestarday.


5: Tree grows.


6: It was raining at seven o'clock this morning.


7: She opened a checking account at the bank last week.


8: Harry is washing dishes right now.


9: She opened her book.


10: Paul, William and Mary were watching television a few minutes ago.


2 comments:

  1. Object : receiver of the action .
    Complement : used instead of object but receive no action.

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    1. Education is the key to success12 June 2023 at 22:09

      Thank you for your feed back we have made correction. JAZAKALLAH

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