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Understanding Basic Sentence Structure

This document discusses the basic parts of a sentence including the subject, verb, and object. It explains that the typical word order in a sentence is subject, verb, object. Several examples are provided to illustrate different sentence patterns such as subject + verb, subject + verb + object, subject + verb + adjective, subject + verb + adverb, and subject + verb + noun.

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Understanding Basic Sentence Structure

This document discusses the basic parts of a sentence including the subject, verb, and object. It explains that the typical word order in a sentence is subject, verb, object. Several examples are provided to illustrate different sentence patterns such as subject + verb, subject + verb + object, subject + verb + adjective, subject + verb + adverb, and subject + verb + noun.

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Basic Sentence Structure

Pre-OPIE English Review


Week 5
Lesson One

Parts of a sentence
Subject: the person or thing that does
something
She likes cats.

Verb: a word that expresses an action,


occurrence, or state of being
She likes cats.

Object: a person or thing that receives the


action of a verb
She likes cats.

Word Order

Subject
He

+ Verb

+ Object

reads

books.

Subject + Verb
Melissa

reads.

She

is eating.

Jim

will leave.

Subject + Verb + Object


I

like

eggs.

She

sees

her sister.

He

is reading a book.

Subject + Verb + Adjectiv


e
Laura

is

busy.

He

is

smart.

The flowers

are

red.

Subject + Verb + Adverb


Sarah

is

here.

Jeff

ran

slowly.

People

are

everywhere.

Subject + Verb + Noun


She

is

my friend.

They

are

teachers.

He

is

a doctor.

Review
Word order:

Subject

+ Verb

Basic sentence patterns

Subject + verb
Subject + verb + object
Subject + verb + adjective
Subject + verb + adverb
Subject + verb + noun

+ Object

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