Sentence Patterns
Linking Verb Patterns (#'s)
What is IV and V?
past + be + -ing + be
What is was being?
active to Passive:
That noise bothers me.
What is I am bothered by that noise ?
Identify the Appositive:
An artifact from the 1990's, the mix tape is a rare thing now in our digital age.
What is An artifact from from the 1990's?
Identify any sentence modifiers:
Without a doubt our team will win the league championship.
What is without a doubt?
Most unique verb type
What is intransitive verb?
Ying has been skipping work lately.
What is pres + have + -en + be + -ing + skip ?
Active to Passive:
The campus paper has published several important news stories this semester.
What is Several important news stories have been published by the campus paper this semester?
Identify Gerund Phrase and its function:
My hardest accomplishment last semester was staying awake in my eight eight o'clock class.
What is staying wake in my eight o'clock class?
Function: subject complement
Identify any sentence modifier:
The twins look amazingly alike.
What is no modifier?
Pattern IX
What is NP+ Trsns Vb +NP2 + ADJ?
-s, -ed, -ing, -en FORM:
Do
What is do, does, did, doing, done?
Passive to Active:
The play was called a smashing success.
What is The critics called the play a smashing or Someone called the play a smashing success?
Sentence Pattern of infinitive phrase:
To know him is to love him.
What is to know him PVII to love him PVII?
Add commas to sentence if needed:
Jim agreed to leave the party early and go bowling and go bowling with us although he was having a good time.
What is us, although?
A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.
What is Pattern III?
-s, -ed, -ing, -en FORM:
meet
What is meet, meets, met, meeting, met?
Passive to Active:
Dental floss was manufactured for the first time in 1882.
What is Someone manufactured dental floss for the first time in 1882?
Identify the Nominal Clause:
What Carlos said about his cousin is unfair and inaccurate.
What is What Carlos said about his cousin?
Add comma to sentence if needed:
We left the part as soon as we politely could.
What is no commas?
After two month the teachers called off their strike
What is Pattern VII?
pres + may + have + -en + be +-ing + try
What is may have been trying ?
Identify the function of there:
There he goes.
What is locative?
Identify the Nominal Clause:
I wish he would explain his explanation.
What is he would explain his explanation?
Identify the sentence modifier:
I told you, my friend, that I am not interested.
What is my friend?