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@ The most basic sentence pattern consists of a subject and a
verb. The verb may be an action verb or a linking verb. Look
at the following examples:
@ Example: James W. À
builds.
@ Example: îbegan to build homes after World War II.
@ Example: À
offered to build affordable housing.
@ Example: The m  of Walter Industries looks to the
3 future with the company¶s expansion.
@ In each of these examples, the subject is in boldface, and the
verb is underlined.
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how to diagram these sentences. Only the subjects and the verbs
will be diagrammed at this point.
@ Example: James W. À
builds 
@ ½iagram:
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@ Example: îbegan to build homes after World War II.

@ ½iagram:
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@ In both diagrams, the subject is placed on a line and a line is drawn

down through the line separating the subject and the verb. In the
following exercise, you will practice diagramming subjects and
verbs.
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@ Y
O sentences are the most common in the English
language. They imply action, results, and a consequence caused
by someone or something.
@ An Y
O contains a subject (noun), an active verb, and an object
(noun). Y
O
@ Example: Tommy held his toe.

@ Take a look at this sentence:

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@ What's the a

and

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the a
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second, and the

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The company sells mobile phones.
The dog has eaten my homework.
I play Football.
Max reads books.
We can speak English.
Yue is singing a nice song.
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elements. For example, in this pattern:

Y
m 

Elephants like ?

@ the verb ñ
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Y
m 

Elephants are ?

@ the verb   needs to be followed by a complement:

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m 

Elephants live ?
@ This unfinished sentence leads us to ask questions such as,
'Elephants live where?' To complete the sentence we need a
third element that isn't an object or a complement:

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m 



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erbs that require an adverbial often refer to movement (like
ñ) or position (like ):
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m 



They hurtled across the landing.
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leave it out, you break the back of the sentence. Much more
often, adverbials are an 'optional extra' and can appear in
different places in a sentence:


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@ The party everyone left early. ( )
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@ ü 
@ Yhe home drives after work. ( )
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@ We are living happily.
@ The young man walks quickly.
@ He came yesterday.
@ Yhe went upstairs.
@ They told the truth.
@ They walked swiftly.
@ Yhe danced gracefully.
@ It paid heavily.
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@ åotes
@ http://college.cengage.com/devenglish/broughton/focus_florid
a/1e/students/diagramming_basic/pattern_1.pdf
@ http://www.englisch hilfen.de/en/grammar/satzstellung_1.htm
@ http://www.grammarforteachers.co.uk/Guide/Clause%20patte
rns/subjectverbadver.html

@ Exercises
@ http://grammar.about.com/od/tests/a/ExYubjects
erbs.htm
@ http://www.ecenglish.com/learnenglish/lessons/subject verb
object