In this lesson, you will learn the elements of a sentence.

There are 5 basic sentence

patterns in English. Before we start this lesson (or after class in the lab) go to these 5
websites. Click the buttons on the screen at each site to see sentences with these
patterns.
The 5 Basic Patterns
Subject + Verb
I swim. Joe swims. They swam.
Subject + Verb + Object
I drive a car. Joe plays the guitar. They ate dinner.
Subject + Verb + Complement
I am busy. Joe became a doctor. They look sick.
Subject + Verb + Indirect Object + Direct Object
I gave her a gift. She teaches us English.
The last pattern is for level 5 and grammar, and you will not see it in your level 4
classes, but you can look at it now if you want.
Subject + Verb + Object + Complement
I left the door open. We elected him president. They named her Jane.

1. Choose the sentence pattern for the following sentence:The restaurant served 3 kinds of
barbeque.
A. Subject + verb
B. Subject + verb + direct object
C. Subject + linking verb + complement
2. Choose the sentence pattern for the following sentence:The family hikes the Appalchian Trail
every year.
A. s + v + do
B. s + v + io + do
C. s + lv + c
3. My mother gave me new shoes.
A. s + v + do
B. s + v + io + do
C. s + lv + c
4. The people elected the young candidate governor.
A. s + v
B. s + lv + c
C. s + v + do + oc
5. Maryanne is one of the sisters in Sense and Sensibility.
A. s + v + do
B. s + v + io + do
C. s + lv + c
6. That boy never gave me the time of day.
A. s + lv + c
B. s + v + io + do
C. s + v + io + do + oc
7. Jane Austen wrote six full novels.
A. s + v + do
B. s + v + io + do
C. s + lv + c
8. Many consider Jane Austen England's greatest novelist.
A. s + v + do
B. s+ v + do + oc
C. s + v + io + do
9. Pride and Prejudice is Jane Austen's most famous novel.
A. s + lv + c
B. s + v + do
C. s + v + io + do
10. Elizabeth I ruled England until 1603.
A. s + v + do
B. s + lv + c
C. s + v + io + d