Write short notes on the following:
i Basic sentence patterns
ii Content words and grammatical words and their role in a sentence.
Answers
Answer:
Sentence relationships define the functions of the 8 parts of speech: nouns, verbs (including auxiliary verbs), adjectives, adverbs, articles, conjunctions, pronouns, and prepositions).
Prerequisite knowledge: What is a noun? What is a verb? What is a sentence?
There are six basic or simple sentence patterns:
Subject/Predicate, Action Verb
Subject/Predicate, Action Verb/Direct Object
Subject/Predicate, Action Verb/Adverb
Subject/Predicate, Linking Verb/Predicate Nominative
Subject/Predicate, Linking Verb/Predicate Adjective
Subject/Predicate, Action Verb/Indirect Object/Direct Object
Explanation:
Examples of the six basis sentence types:
1. Subject/Predicate, Action Verb
The class studied.
The students and the teacher read.
The students sat and read.
The students and the teacher sat and read.
2. Subject/Predicate, Action Verb/Direct Object
The class took a test.
The class took a test and a quiz.
3. Subject/Predicate, Action Verb/Adverb
The class worked carefully.
The students sit here.
The class worked like a team.
Before school, in the gym, the class worked like a team.
In the gym, the class worked like a team before school.
Like a team, the class worked before school in the gym.
4. Subject/Predicate, Linking Verb/Predicate Nominative
The teacher is Mr. Soto.
The teachers are Mr. Soto and Ms. Lin
5. Subject/Predicate, Linking Verb/Predicate Adjective
The teacher is kind.
Ms. Kin is kind and helpful.
6. Subject/Predicate, Action Verb/Indirect Object/Direct Object
The teacher gave the class a test.
Mr. Soto gave Kim and John a test.