Basic

Sentences
Pattern
Pattern 1: S-IV pattern
Pattern 2: S-TV-DO pattern
Made of a subject and a verb and a direct
object. The verb is transitive because it is
acting upon an object directly

Example :
The Filipino had oral traditions.
Pattern 3: S-LV-C pattern
The third pattern is composed of a subject,
linking verb and complement. It uses the
verb "be" and all its forms; be, is, am, are,
was, were, been, being.

Example:
The poems were incantations.
Pattern 4: S-TV-IO-DO pattern
Consists of a subject, a verb, an
indirect object, and a direct
object.
Example:
The book gave them magic
formulas
Pattern 5: S-TV-DO-OC pattern
Consists of a subject, a verb, direct
object and objective complement. The
objective complement, which is either
a noun that renames the direct object
or an adjective that describes the
direct object.
Example:
They considered Dr. Rizal wise.
Pattern 6: V-S inverted pattern
V stands for TV, IV, or LV.
The subject comes after the
verb. Usually uses there and it.
Example:
There is a Chinese in that store.
Types of Sentences
According to
Structure:
 Simple Sentence
A simple sentence contains one
independent clause.

What’s an “independent clause”?

It’s one subject followed by one verb
or verb phrase. It expresses a single
idea.
Examples of simple sentences:
1. I‘m happy.
2. Robert doesn’t eat meat.
3. My brother and I went to the mall
last night.
4. This new laptop computer has
already crashed twice.
Notice that a “simple sentence”
isn’t necessarily short. The
subject can be a single word like
“I” or “Robert,” or it can be a
double subject like “my brother
and I,” or it can be multiple
words describing a single
person/object, like “This new
laptop computer.”
Compound Sentence
A compound sentence has two
independent clauses joined by
a linking word (and, but, or, so,
yet, however).
Each independent clause could be a
sentence by itself, but we connect them
with a linking word:
I‘m happy, but my kids are always
complaining.
Robert doesn’t eat
meat, so Barbara made a special
vegetarian dish for him.
My brother and I went to the mall
last night, but we didn’t buy anything.
This new laptop computer has
already crashed twice, and I have no
idea why.

Note that each sentence has TWO

subjects and TWO verb phrases.
Complex Sentence
A complex sentence has
one independent clause
and one or
more dependent
clauses.
A dependent clause cannot be
a complete sentence by itself.
I’m happy, even though I
don’t make much money.
Robert, a friend I’ve known
since high school, doesn’t eat
meat.
After getting home from
work, my brother and I went
to the mall last night.
This new laptop
computer, which I bought
yesterday, has already crashed
twice.
Compound-Complex Sentence
A compound-complex
sentence contains 3 or more clauses: 2
independent and at least 1 dependent
clause.
I’m happy, even though I don’t make
much money, but my kids are always
complaining since we can’t afford to
buy the newest toys.
Independent clauses: “I’m
happy” and “my kids are always
complaining”
Dependent clauses: “even though
I don’t make much money” and
“since we can’t afford to buy the
newest toys”
Linking word: “but”
Robert, a friend I’ve known since high
school, doesn’t eat meat – so Barbara made
a special vegetarian dish for him.

Independent clauses: “Robert doesn’t eat

meat” and “Barbara made a special
vegetarian dish for him”
Dependent clause: “a friend I’ve known
since high school”
Linking word: “so”
After getting home from work, my
brother and I went to the mall last
night, while my sister stayed home and
studied.
Independent clauses: “My brother and I
went to the mall last night” and “my
sister stayed home and studied”
Dependent clause: “After getting home
from work”
Linking word: “while”
4. He broke his leg!
5. How can I help you?
6. Do you have any time to
meet this afternoon?
7. I don’t like to call him.
8. I live in Tokyo.
9. What is she doing?
10. Can you believe it?