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Terminology
● S = Subject
● V = Verb
● DO = Direct Object
● IO = Indirect Object
● OC = Object Complement
● LV = Linking Verb
● PN = Predicate Nominative
● PA = Predicate Adjective
Sentence Patterns
● S-V
● S-V-DO
● S-V-IO-DO
● S-V-DO-OC
● S-LV-PN
(noun)
● S-LV-PA
(adjective)
Nouns Review
● A noun is sometimes, but not always, a
word which refers to a person, place, or
object and may also refer to an idea, a
quality, a collection, or an action.
● Reading is fun!
● Thinking is important.
Examples
● Not a noun: ● Is a noun:
● The Smith house is down ● The principles of
the street. democracy are important.
● I work at a Santa Clarita ● Compassion is a trait I
school. value.
● The pencil sharpener is ● That group of stories is
broken. interesting.
● She lost her phone. ● I enjoy hiking with my
friends.
Function in the sentence
● Subject: ________ is fun.
● Direct Object: I enjoy _________.
● Indirect Object: I gave _____ the book.
● Predicate Nominative: My hobby is ______.
● Object of the Prep: By ________, we won the game.
● Object Complement: They named the child ________
● Objects of verbals and the subject of the infinitive
● Don’t worry if you are confused. You will know the sentence patterns
by the end of the semester!
S-V
● The dog eats.
● The dog is eating.
● The dog is outside.
● The dog is in the house.
● The dog jumps over the house.
Subject-Verb-Direct Object
● The d.o. is always a noun
● The d.o. will always follow an action verb- an
action that you can do to someone or to
something
● The d.o. will answer the question WHO or
WHAT
● The d.o. will NEVER be in a prepositional phrase
(cross them out!)
S-V-DO
●The dog eats food.
●The dog is eating my lunch.
●I grab my lunch.
●The dog bites my hand.
More Examples
● John fed his dog in the morning.
● Alyssa ate the orange with her lunch.
● David bought the motorcycle with his
Christmas money.
● Jonathan earned an A on his essay.
Keep practicing!
● The girl in the pink sweater is also wearing a
fuzzy white scarf around her neck.
● The principal of the school cancelled school on
the Friday before Spring Break at the last
moment on Thursday.
● My dog eats her food from a glass bowl on the
floor in the kitchen and drinks her water from a
metal bowl on the floor by the glass bowl.
● On your gel board, write one sentence with a
subject, verb, direct object, and prep phrase
Try it out!
● Write five sentences of your own. Make sure that the
verbs are actions you can do to someone or something.
● Each sentence must have a prep phrase and a direct object
● Cross out all prep phrases
● Label the Subject, Verb, and Direct Object.
Indirect Objects!
● SEND
● LEND
● BRING
● GIVE
Examples:
● Kevin sent Kailey a rose for her birthday.
● Scotty lent me five dollars for lunch.
● Adam brought his teacher an apple on
Monday.
● Can you give your mother a message for
me?
Indirect Objects
Indirect Objects can be rephrased as
prepositional phrases after the direct object:
● S-V-DO-OC
The Objective Complement
● An objective complement is an
adjective or a noun that appears
with a direct object and describes
or renames it.
● These do not occur often.
Object Complements
Object Complements can either be nouns or
adjectives. They restate the direct object.
● I am the teacher.