Highland - Writing A - Level - Sentence Patterns SENTENCES *** I SIMPLE SENTENCES: (Câu đơn) 1) S + Vi + (Adverbial modifier) Vi: Intransitive verb ( has a complete meaning by itself and doesn’t require an object) EX: a) The dog died S Vi b) The dog died painfully right here last night S Vi (How) (Where) (When) S + Vt + + ( Adv.) 2) VT : Transitive verb (requires an object) EX: 1) Mr Brown buys a hat S 3) Vt O S + V(linking) + Subjective Complement (N / Adj.) V(Linking) : linking verb ( is a link between Subject and Subjective Complement and requires complement) EX: 1) The children look healthy S VL S.C= Adj 2) Mary is my friend S VL S.C = N Some linking verbs: be, become, go, grow, turn, come, feel, sound, smell, taste, look, get, seem, appear, keep, remain, prove… EX: 1) The girl smells the flowers S Vt O The flowers smell sweet S VL S.C 2) Her face grew pale S VL S.C She grew a lemon tree in the garden S Vt (What) (Where) 3) She appears on T.V every day S Vi (where) (How often) The street appears deserted S VL S.C= Adj Highland - Writing A - Level - Sentence Patterns Highland - Writing A - Level - Sentence Patterns 4) S + Vt + O + O.C ( N./Adj.) O.C: Objective Complement EX: 1) I consider him my best friend S Vt O O.C = N 2) I used to make you sad S Vt O O.C= Adj Verbs requiring O.C: elect, call, name, make, appoint, consider… 5) a) S + Vt + I O + D.O b) S + Vt + D.O + Prep + I O D.O: Direct Object I.O: Indirect Object EX: 1) Her uncle gave her a bicycle S Vt I.O D.O Her uncle gave a bicycle to her S Vt D.O I.O 2) Can you show me a camera? Can you show a camera to me? 3) She bought her daughter a book She bought a book for her daughter EXCEPTION: When I.O and D.O are personal pronouns or I.O is a noun but D.O is a personal pronoun, I.O must stand after D.O ( use pattern 5b) EX: 1) I gave her them → I gave them to her 2) I gave Ms Lan them → I gave them to Ms Lan Verbs with objects = two-object-verbs: - Show, give, bring, send, pass (sth), lend, take, tell, teach - Buy, open, close Highland - Writing A - Level - Sentence Patterns Highland - Writing A - Level - Sentence Patterns II COMPOUND SENTENCES: Simple sentence + and + Simple sentence (và) Ex: - - The end Simple sentence + but + Simple sentence (nhưng) Ex: - - Simple sentence + or + Simple sentence (hoặc) Ex: - - Simple sentence , so + Simple sentence (vì thế) Ex: - Highland - Writing A - Level - Sentence Patterns ... Writing A - Level - Sentence Patterns Highland - Writing A - Level - Sentence Patterns II COMPOUND SENTENCES: Simple sentence + and + Simple sentence (và) Ex: