SENTENCE PATTERNS

1. S + V + C (Adj/ n )
( be, look, keep, seem, taste, sound, become,…)
Jack looked very worried.
The food tastes delicious.
Jason becomes a good teacher.
2. S + V + A(dv)
(walk, drive, talk, close, rise. come)
He drives slowly.
He walked to school every day.
S + V + O + adv
( watch, read, meet, make, see…)

He watched T.V every night.
4. S + V + O + C
(make, elect, declare, consider, think, believe, find
(keep, make, let, have regard, recognize, appoint, consider)
We made Frank armchair.
I find the lesson too boring.
Sad movie makes me cry.
They regard him as an excellent player
5. S + V + O1 + O2
= S + V + O2+ to/ for + O1
(give, teach, show, award, offer, lend + to )
( buy, make+ for)
Mary teaches me English
= He teaches English to me
My mother bought me a hat.
= She bought it for me
6. S + V + prep + O
(look at, wait for, cope with, rely on, complain / talk about depend on, smile at…)

I have been waiting for you for an hour.
He looks at himself in the mirror.
7. S + V + prep + O
= S + V + O (pro) + prep
(put on/off, take off, turn on /off, throw away, see off …
He puts on his shoes.
= He puts them on.
I turn on the light, and then I turn it off.
8. S+V+ O + noun clause
(learn, know, show, discover, decide, understand…)
I can understand what you said.
He showed me where the bank was.
There (be) + n + prep phr
There (be) + n + V-ing + pr phrase
There is some water in the jar.
There were many students (playing) in the yard.