Download Basic Sentence Patterns - Miss MacQuarries's CBA Classes

Sentences
CHAPTER 1
Kinds of Sentences
 Declarative- statement, ends in a period
 Interrogative- question, ends in a question mark
 Imperative- command or request, ends in a period or
exclamation point
 Exclamatory- expresses strong emotion, ends in an
exclamation point
 Look out the window
Your Turn
 Write a sentence about the below picture with your
group; make sure this sentence fits the kind Miss
MacQuarrie tells you.
Subjects and Predicates
 Simple subject- main noun or pronoun that tells whom
or what the sentence is about
 Simple predicate- the verb of the sentence
 The brown kangaroo hopped across the field.
 The brown kangaroo and its baby hopped across the
field.
 The brown kangaroo and its baby hopped and weaved
across the field
Inverted Order
 When the verb comes before the subject
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Question
There or Here
 The words there and here will never be the subject of the
sentence!
 Rearrange the sentence to find the correct subject and
verb.
 Does a kangaroo hop?
 There is the kangaroo!
Your Turn
 Write two subjects and two verbs.
 Switch subjects and verbs with another group.
 Write two sentences with those subjects and verbs.
Understood You
 The subject in many imperative sentences.
 Do your homework!
 (You) do your homework!
InV vs. TrV
 Intransitive verbs- action verb that does not have an
object
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He shot first but missed.
 Transitive verbs- action verb that does have an
object.
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He shot the ball but missed the goal.
DOs and IOs
 Direct object (DO)- noun or pronoun after a TrV that
answers the question what? or whom?
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She gave a gift to her friend.
 Indirect object (IO)- noun or pronoun after a TrV but
before a DO that answers the question to whom? Or
for whom?
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She gave me the gift of her love.
LVs
 Linking verb- describes a state of being, not an
action; links a subject with its complement
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Jesus is my best friend.
 Be verbs
 Taste, seem, feel, grow, etc.
 Can be replaced with a be verb or an equal sign.
 The chocolates taste wonderful.
5 Basic Sentence Patterns
 S + InV – Cats scratch.
 S + TrV + DO - I can ride a horse
 S + TrV + IO + DO – I threw my dog the ball.
 S + LV + PN – My dog is Duncan.
 S + LV + PA- My dog is obedient most of the time.
 A shiny red bike
 Have always wanted
 I have always wanted a shiny red bike.
 Although I couldn’t afford one
Phrases and Clauses
 Phrase- group of words, without both a subject and
verb
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A mother kangaroo
Hopped and weaved
 Clause- group of words, with both a subject and verb
 Because he attempted the dangerous jump
 He broke his leg attempting the dangerous jump.
Independent vs. Dependent Clauses
 Independent clause- subject, verb, complete
thought, the main clause, can stand alone as a
sentence
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The panda bear primarily eats bamboo.
 Dependent clause- subject, verb, incomplete
thought, cannot stand alone as a sentence
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Although most bears vary their diets
Fragments
 Abbreviated frag.
 Incomplete sentence wrongly punctuated as a
sentence
 Does NOT have these three things:
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Subject
Verb
Complete thought
Examples
Combining Sentences
 The navigator spotted an approaching ship.
 He quickly warned the captain of the submarine.
Comma Splices
 Abbreviated cs
 2 sentences joined incorrectly by only a comma
 Examples?
Fused Sentences
 Abbreviated fs
 2 sentences incorrectly joined WITHOUT any
punctuation
 Examples?
How to Fix?
 Period
 Semicolon
 Combine with a comma and coordinating
conjunction
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FANBOY
 Dependent clause
In-Class Essay
 What are the three types of conflict? How are these
types different? Illustrate how these types are used
your literature stories. Support your points with
examples from your literature stories.