Basic Sentence Patterns

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ViComplete intransitive
verb

There + beVi + S
There is an alarm clock on her desk.

There stands a tower on the hill.

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My name is

These roses look

namerosesis
look 1
Tom 2 very beautiful
npron adj
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Incomplete intransitive verb
It
1It + be + a/n .+ to v
It is nice to see you again.

It is your duty to take care of your mother.

2It + be +adj +for +o + to V

It is easy for us to learn to speak English.

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Complete transitive verb

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D.O.I.O.
Her uncle gave a nice present to HER yesterday.
His father bought a new watch for HIM last week.

Dative verb
I.O.+D.O.I.O.
I.O.+D.O.
Give the BOY something to eat.

Make ME a cup of hot coffee, please.

Give something to eat to the BOY.

Make a cup of hot coffee for ME, please.
I.O.D.O.tofor Vt


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He made his old mother

very HAPPY
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HAPPYHeormothermother
Object Complement
Incomplete
transitive verb

1ViVt
Vi Vi Vt Vt
2ViVt
He can run very fast.
runVi
He runs a department store in Beijing.
run Vt
ViVt

He believes that God is.

isVi
He is a Christian.
isVi
Can you make cakes?
makeVt
Our teacher sometimes makes us do our homework.

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Drilling Square Vt.

1Do you know her younger sister?

2I got home after dark yesterday.
3Bill always does very well at school.
4What pet do you keep?
5There were some students reading in the classroom then.
6Amy always helps her mother after school.
7Tom often makes his teacher angry.
8Did you see anyone go into that house?
9Helen looks very happy today.
10I was born in a little town in the south of Taiwan.

One summer evening Newton[>nju:tn]sat quietly on a bench in the

garden. An apple fell to the ground from a tree. He saw it and thought
Why did an apple fall?He studied very hard. Later he found out the
reason.
One day Newton sat at his desk. He was studying very hard. His servant
came into the room. He left an egg on his desk. There was a watch on
the desk. Into the boiling water in the kettle Newton put the watch instead
of the egg.