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“Be ‘’ verb patterns
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.
Adverbs:
 Describe adverbs, verbs, adjectives
 Adverbs of time tell WHEN or WHERE adverbs, verbs,
adjectives, take place
Predicate Adjective &Noun
 Predicate adjective- a predicate that modifies
(describes) the subject
Example: Bosses can be demanding--demanding is
an adjective that describes bosses
 Predicate noun – a predicate that is a noun and
modifies (describes) the subject, which is a noun
Example: Ms. Salam is a teacher –teacher is a noun
that describes Ms. Salam
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.
Linking Verbs:
 Do not express action
 Connect the subject of the verb to additional information
about the verb: ex John is a boy
 True linking verbs (always linking):
 Any form of the verb be (is, was, were, has been, are being,
might have been, become, seem)
 Other words that are sometimes linking verbs:
 Appear, feel, grow, look, prove, remain, smell, sound, taste,
turn
 If you can sub am, is, are and sentence still makes sense they
are linking
 Ex. The stew tasted good ----The stew IS good= linking verb
 Ex. Sylvia tasted the stew---Sylvia IS the stew= action verb
“Intransitive ” verb pattern
6. Subject + intransitive verb
Ex: The boys laughed
Ex: The baby cried
Ex: Paula hesitated
Ex: John waited at the library.
Intransitive Verbs
 Is an action verb
 Does not have a direct object receiving the action
Ex. James went to the café
“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.
Transitive verb
 Action verb with a direct object
 Direct objects tell WHO/What receives the action of
the verb
Subject + Verb+ what? Who?
John + carried + the bags
 Indirect objects tell who gets the direct object
 Indirect objects always have direct objects
John + carried + the bags + for us
Chris + made+ his sister+ a cake
Things to consider when identifying
patterns
Identify the sentence verb 1st
2. “a,” “an,” and “the” are articles and function as
adjectives.
1.
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.
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.