Basic Sentence Structure

By. Hayati Nupus, S.Pd, M.Pd

 There are five basic patterns. They are as follows:
 

• Subject-Verb • John sleeps.

•  Jim is eating.
• Jack will arrive.

• Subject-Verb-Object • I like rice.

•  She loves her job.
•  He is eating an orange.
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• Subject-Verb-Adjective • He is funny.
•  The workers are lazy.
• Karen seems angry. 

• Subject-Verb-Adverb • Jim is here.

•  Flowers are
everywhere.
• No one was there.
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• Subject-Verb-Noun • She is my mom.
•  The men are doctors.
•  Mr. Jones is the
teacher.