Sentence pattern.pptx

Sentence pattern grammar

1. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru College of Agriculture and Research Institute – Karaikal 609603 COURCE TITLE: PGS 502 Technical writing and communication skills (0+1) COURCE TEACHER: Ms. NOYALA SEBASTIN TOPIC: SENTENCE PATTERN BY, R.VIMALRAJ

2. Define sentence? A sentence is a group of words which give complete meaning in sense . Examples: Am I engineer an. (Incorrect) I am an engineer. (Correct)

3. What is a sentence pattern? A sentence pattern is an arrangement of words . This arrangement needs to be in a grammatically correct structure . It means the placement of verbs and nouns should be correct to form a meaningful sentence. Without the correct placement of words, you can not express your thoughts properly while speaking. A sentence pattern refers to the different types of phrases and clauses used in the sentence and how the writer change the structure of the sentence.

4. Phrases and clauses Phrases – group of connected words, but it is not a complete sentence because it is missing a subject and / or a verb . Phrases are just a one components that makes up a complete sentence. Clauses – a subject (actor) and a verb (action). There are two types of clauses. An independent clause is a complete thought. It can stand alone as a complete sentence. A dependent clauses cannot stand alone as a complete sentence (even though it may contain a subject and verb). It begins with a subordinating conjunction (because, when, while, after ect .,)

5. What are the types of sentence pattern? There are four types of sentence pattern. These include Simple Compound Complex Compound-complex

6. Essential elements of sentence pattern Subject (S) Verb (V) Object (O) Complement (C) Adjunct (A)

7. Subject [S] Denotes what the sentence is about Dore of the action / topic of the sentence Subject performs the action in a sentence. (It can be a noun/ pronoun/ infinitive/ gerund ) A subject is a noun A person, place or thing Or a pronoun A word that takes the place of a noun She/he/they It

8. Cont., It answer the questions. What? Who? Examples: Raghul won the match. ( who won the match?) The cat killed the rat. ( who killed the rat?) A rat is killed by the cat. ( what is killed by the cat?)

9. Verb [V] verbs are “doing” or “action” words A verb is a word that shows the action or state-of-being of the subject of the sentence.

10. Types of verbs

11. Object [O]

12. Basic sentence pattern S + V He laughed. S + V + C He became a doctor. S + V + A She lives in Tokyo. S + V + O She opened the door. S + V + O + C She calls me A ki. S + V + O + A He put her bag on the desk. S + V + O + O She sent me a letter. WHO DOES (IS) WHO/WHAT WHERE WHEN

13. Examples He / is / a lawyer. The cat / killed / the mouse. I / hate / food S + V + C S + V + O S + V + O

14. The cow / gives / us / milk. I / saw / two vans. My father / told /me / the whole story. S + V + IO + DO S + V + O S + V + IO + DO

15. The baby / cries. The ball / is / in the air. We / are living / happily S + V S + V + A S + V + A

16. My car / is / In workshop. Birds / fly / together. It / rains / heavily. S + V + A S + V + A S + V + A