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    The document outlines 5 basic sentence patterns in English: intransitive verbs with subjects, transitive verbs with subjects and direct objects, linking verbs with subjects and subject complements, transitive verbs with subjects, indirect objects, and direct objects, and transitive verbs with subjects, direct objects, and object complements. It provides an example sentence for each pattern to illustrate the core components of a sentence in each structure.

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    The document outlines 5 basic sentence patterns in English: intransitive verbs with subjects, transitive verbs with subjects and direct objects, linking verbs with subjects and subject complements, transitive verbs with subjects, indirect objects, and direct objects, and transitive verbs with subjects, direct objects, and object complements. It provides an example sentence for each pattern to illustrate the core components of a sentence in each structure.

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    The Five Basic Sentence Patterns

    Subject Verb
    (intransitive)

    The earth trembled.

    Subject Verb Direct Object


    (transitive) (whom? or what?)

    The earthquake destroyed the city.

    Verb Subject Complement


    Subject (noun or adjective)
    (linking)

    The result was chaos.

    Verb Indirect Object Direct Object


    Subject (to whom? or for whom?)
    (transitive) (whom? or what?)
    (to what? or for what?)

    The government sent the city aid.

    Subject Verb Direct Object Object Complement


    (transitive) (whom? or what?) (noun or adjective)

    The citizens considered the earthquake a disaster.

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