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Understanding Syntax and Sentence Patterns

The document discusses syntax and sentence patterns. It defines syntax as the rules that govern how words combine to form phrases, clauses, and sentences. It notes that syntax comes from the Greek word meaning "arrange together" and is also the study of a language's syntactic properties. Common sentence patterns are also outlined, including subject-verb, adjective-subject-verb, and adjective-subject-adverb-verb patterns. References on syntax and sentence patterns are provided.

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Understanding Syntax and Sentence Patterns

The document discusses syntax and sentence patterns. It defines syntax as the rules that govern how words combine to form phrases, clauses, and sentences. It notes that syntax comes from the Greek word meaning "arrange together" and is also the study of a language's syntactic properties. Common sentence patterns are also outlined, including subject-verb, adjective-subject-verb, and adjective-subject-adverb-verb patterns. References on syntax and sentence patterns are provided.

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Syntax: Sentence

Patterns
Joana Marie M. Eino
ABELS - 1
Syntax:
In Linguistics “ Syntax “ refers
to the rules that govern the
ways in which words combine
to form phrases , clauses and
sentences.
Syntax:
The term “ Syntax “ comes from
the Greek, meaning “ Arrange
together”.
The term is also used to mean the
study of the syntactic properties of
language.
Syntax:
 Syntax is the proper order of words in a phrase or
sentence.
 Syntax
is a tool used in writing proper
grammatical sentences.
 Nativespeakers of a language learn correct syntax
without realizing it.
 The complexity of a writer’s or speakers
sentences creates a formal or informal level of
diction that is presented to its audience.
Sentence Patterns:
Are made up of Phrases and
Clauses.
Sentence Patterns:
A Phrase is a group of connected words,
but it is not a complete sentence because it
is missing a subject and/ or a verb. Phrases
are just one component that makes up a
complete clauses.

A Clauses contains a subject (actor) and a


verb (action).
There are two Types of Clauses:
 1. Independent Clause
- is a complete thought. It can stand alone
as a complete sentence.
 2. Dependent Clause( a.k.a subordinate clause)
-cannot stand alone as a complete sentence
(even though it may contain a subject and a
verb). It begins with a subordinating conjunction
(because, when, while, after…… and many more).
The possibilities are endless
for different types of
sentence patterns.
Here are the most common
and basic sentence patterns:
Common and basic sentence patterns:
 1. The Chef cooked.
Pattern: Subject + Verb
 2. The Creative chef cooked.
Pattern: Adjective + Subject + Verb
 3. The Creative chef methodically cooked.
Pattern: Adjective + Subject + Adverb + Verb
 4. The Creative chef methodically cooked in the
kitchen.
Pattern: Adjective + Subject + Adverb + Verb +
Prepositional Phrase.
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