English Essays
Sentence Pattern
A sentence comprises smaller units which are called elements of sentence structure. They are: 1. Subject(S) 2. Verb(V) 3. Complement(C) 4. Object(O) 5. Adjunct(A) 1. SUBJECT is a word or group of words (phrase) in a sentence about which something is said. 2. VERB is a word or phrase expressing existence, action or occurrence. 3. COMPLEMENT is a word or phrase that usually come after ‘be’ verb such as am, is, are, was and were to make the sense complete. 4. OBJECT is a word or phrase in a sentence towards which the action of the verbal element is directed. 5. ADJUNCT is the optional element in a sentence. It answers the questions how? Where? When? Why?
Examples:
1. Birds/ fly S V 2. The baby/ smiled S V 3. I /played
S V 4. We/ play/ cricket
S V O 5. Brutus/ stabbed/ Caesar S V O 6. I/ drive/ a car
S V O 7. He/ is/ a doctor
S V C 8. I / am / a Chartered Accountant
S V C
9. He/ looks/ cheerful
S V C 10. I /am / busy
S V C 11. We / named / the child/ Krishna
S V O C 12. They / elected / him / President
S V O C 13. The court / declared / him / innocent
S V O C 14. We / call / him / a joker
S V O C 15. Birds / fly / in the sky
S V A 16. I / played / yesterday
S V A 17. We / played / cricket / yesterday
S V O A 18. I /will meet / him /tomorrow
S V O A 19. My uncle/presented/ me/a gift S V IO DO 20. I/presented/ him/ a cheque for Rs. 25,000
S V IO DO 21. I/gave/sweets/ to all my classmates
S V DO IO 22. My uncle/ is/an engineer/ in Chennai.
S V C A 23. Suddenly/the dog/ barked
A S V 24. Yesterday/ he/ bought/ a car
A S V O 25. Last year/she/ became/ a journalist
A S V C 26.
A sentence comprises smaller units which are called elements of sentence structure. They are: 1. Subject(S) 2. Verb(V) 3. Complement(C) 4. Object(O) 5. Adjunct(A) 1. SUBJECT is a word or group of words (phrase) in a sentence about which something is said. 2. VERB is a word or phrase expressing existence, action or occurrence. 3. COMPLEMENT is a word or phrase that usually come after ‘be’ verb such as am, is, are, was and were to make the sense complete. 4. OBJECT is a word or phrase in a sentence towards which the action of the verbal element is directed. 5. ADJUNCT is the optional element in a sentence. It answers the questions how? Where? When? Why?
Examples:
1. Birds/ fly S V 2. The baby/ smiled S V 3. I /played
S V 4. We/ play/ cricket
S V O 5. Brutus/ stabbed/ Caesar S V O 6. I/ drive/ a car
S V O 7. He/ is/ a doctor
S V C 8. I / am / a Chartered Accountant
S V C
9. He/ looks/ cheerful
S V C 10. I /am / busy
S V C 11. We / named / the child/ Krishna
S V O C 12. They / elected / him / President
S V O C 13. The court / declared / him / innocent
S V O C 14. We / call / him / a joker
S V O C 15. Birds / fly / in the sky
S V A 16. I / played / yesterday
S V A 17. We / played / cricket / yesterday
S V O A 18. I /will meet / him /tomorrow
S V O A 19. My uncle/presented/ me/a gift S V IO DO 20. I/presented/ him/ a cheque for Rs. 25,000
S V IO DO 21. I/gave/sweets/ to all my classmates
S V DO IO 22. My uncle/ is/an engineer/ in Chennai.
S V C A 23. Suddenly/the dog/ barked
A S V 24. Yesterday/ he/ bought/ a car
A S V O 25. Last year/she/ became/ a journalist
A S V C 26.