Thursday, May 9, 2024

Sentence Structures and Syntactical Patterns - Sentence pattern

Sentence structure can be defined as the order or arrangement of all parts in a sentence such as subject, predicate, objects, clause or phrases, punctuations and etc. Syntactical patterns are the acceptable word orders within sentences and clauses or the arrangement of words and phrases within a sentence, following the rules of syntax in a specific language.- Google

All the parts of speech in English are used to make sentence and all sentences include two parts; the 'subject' and the 'verb'.

How sentence is Constructed?
Most sentences in English are constructed using the following FIVE PATTERNS;
1. Subject - verb
Example: She walks.

2. Subject - Verb - Object
Example: She is playing a guitar.

3. Subject - Verb - Adjective
Example: She is beautiful.

4. Subject - Verb - Adverb
Example: She walked slowly.

5. Subject - Verb - Noun
Example: The professor is a woman.

***For all the above sentences, different parts of speech can be added to expand the sentence.***