Download sentence patterns: s-action verb, s-action verb-direct

SENTENCE PATTERNS: S-ACTION VERB, S-ACTION VERB-DIRECT OBJECT
1- Put one line through all prepositional phrases - Write PREP P over prep phrases
2- Find the ACTION VERB first.
3- TO FIND SUBJECT: Say WHO or WHAT and then SAY the ACTION VERB. KEEP ORDER.
4- To find DIRECT OBJECT, SAY S and ACT V TOGETHER in order and ask WHOM? or WHAT?
5. Direct Object must be a noun or pronoun.
1. Joe drives very fast for a beginner.
2. Slowly and quietly, the wounded bird made for home.
3. Before sunrise, two of the drivers were drinking coffee in the roadside diner.
4. After school but before dinner, children in this neighborhood play jump rope in the street.
5. The rope should have held.
SUBJECT - ACTION VERB - INDIRECT OBJECT - DIRECT OBJECT
IF there is DIRECT OBJECT, check for INDIRECT OBJECT.
TO FIND INDIRECT OBJECT: SAY S, ACTION VERB, DIRECT OBJECT TOGETHER, IN ORDER.
Then ask to whom?/for whom?/to what/for what?
1. Mark, Bill, and Tom sold John one of the new pocketknives.
2. You must think quickly in emergencies.
3. There were men rowing their boats on the quiet stream.
4. Do not speak rudely to your mother.
5. Both of my grandmothers first knitted and then sent me a lovely sweaters.
6. Beside the barn, stood a rusty, broken-down truck.
7. Instead of a new car purchase, Josephina will use her savings for a trip to Spain.
8. Despite your mother's directions, you should have turned left at the intersection.
9. There were lovely swans floating lazily in the muddy, shallow pond.
10. The two younger brothers soon squandered their portion of the father's estate.
11. In the morning, both Joe and his brother always quickly eat their breakfast in the kitchen.
12. The little boy told his friends a very funny joke.
13. The captain threw the drowning man a rope during the raging storm.
14. In a far corner of an old shed lives a young rabbit.
15. That company manufactures different types of chemicals.
16. The new police officer gave the lady the wrong directions.
17. Because of their long friendship, Frank did John a favor without hesitation.
18. Does the witness remember exactly the time of the murder?
19. Every morning Mrs. Lewis prepares her children breakfast.
20. All of his friends gave Frank a surprise birthday party.
21. The worried man sat with his head in his hands.
22. Linda's grades worried her mother.
23. The dance instructor will teach her students one of the new steps today and one tomorrow.
24. Her grandfather will probably leave her a sizable fortune.
25. However, her grandfather left her fortune to a charity.
II. Not every ACTION verb can be used in the S-ACTV-IO-DO pattern.
Each of the following is S-ACTV-DO, but each has a blank space after the action verb.
Try to make a S-ACTV-IO-DO sentence by inserting a NOUN or a PRONOUN.
If an indirect object does not fit, write NO in the blank.
HINT: Do not confuse a word that shows POSSESSION with an INDIRECT OBJECT.
Which is which?
We gave HER advice.
We need HER advice.
1 Sid can cause ___________________ trouble.
2 We brought ___________________ candy.
3 They rejected ___________________ our help.
4 We owe ____________________ rent.
5 The police questioned ___________________ the suspect.
6 We need ____________________ assistance.
7 She threw __________________ the ball.
8 The club organized ____________________ a picnic.
9 The music started ___________________ a trend.
10 The sergeant gave __________________ an order.
11 The government had granted ____________________ land.
12 She taught _____________________ geography.
13 Cars need _____________________ maintenance.
14 The clerk saved ________________ money.
15 She lent __________________ her car.
SUBJECT- ACTION VERB - INDIRECT OBJECT - DIRECT OBJECT SENTENCES
The sentences contain ACTION VERBS
which most commonly appear in SAVIODO pattern sentences.
In both of the blanks below, write either a noun or pronoun.
The first is for the INDIRECT OBJECT. The second for the DIRECT OBJECT.