NOTE:
SENTENCE PARTS Colored
pencils/pens
may come
AND in handy for
color-
PATTERNS
coding
during this
lesson!
Previously
we
learned…
WHAT PARTS 1. . Subject
MAKE A 2. Predicate
Adding
S ENTENCE? on…
3. Direct
Object
[Link]
Object
HOW TO FIND THE SENTENCE PARTS
START with the VERB!
To f ind the predicate: locate an action verb, l inking verb, or verb phrase
NEXT… look for the SUBJECT.
To f ind the subject : A s k who/ what [ verb]?
A sentence may have a DIRECT OBJECT, INDIRECT OBJECT, or BOTH!
To f ind the direct object : A s k [ verb] what?
To f ind the indirect object : A s k [ verb] t o / for whom/what?
EXAMPLE: I gave Mom a bouquet of weeds.
PREDICATE: action/ l inking/ verb gave
phrase
I
SUBJECT: Who/ What [ gave]?
a bouquet of weeds
Direct Object: [ gave] what?
Mom
Indirect Object: [ gave] to whom?
FIND THE PARTS OF THIS
SENTENCE:
EXAMPLE #2: Tomorrow will be a snow
day.
PREDICATE: find an action verb, linking verb, or verb
phrase
will be
SUBJECT: who/what [verb]?
Tomorrow
Direct Object: [verb] what?
a snow day
Indirect Object: [verb] to/for whom/what?
nothing!
FIND THE PARTS OF THIS
SENTENCE:
EXAMPLE: At Barnes and Noble, the students
bought
their teacher a new book.
PREDICATE: find an action verb, linking verb, or verb phrase
bought
SUBJECT: who/what [verb]?
the students
Direct Object: [verb] what?
a new book
Indirect Object: [verb] to/for who/what?
their teacher
What’s “At Barnes and Noble”?
SENTENCE
PARTS CREATE
SENTENCE
PATTERNS IN
OUR
LANGUAGE
FOUR SENTENCE PATTERNS:
1. Subject + Verb
2. Subject + Verb + Direct Object
3. Subject + Verb + Indirect Object + Direct
Object
4. Subject + Linking Verb + Subject
Complement
PATTERN #1:
SUBJECT + VERB
In its simplest form, a sentence has two parts: a
subject and a verb. They express a complete
thought when they are together. Remember a
sentence is like a bike…
Subject + Verb
Answers who/ what is doing the action?
Options: noun or pronoun
Shows an action or a state of being
Options: action verb, linking
verb, or verb phrase (helping verb +
main verb)
EXAMPLES OF PATTERN #1: S+V
Subject +
Verb
Plural Action
Dog barks.
I
noun am. verb
Siblings
Pronoun Linking
argue.
Plural Al should verb
go.
noun He and I Action
arrived.
Proper verb Verb
NOW YOU TRY…
1 . Write an original sentence using this pattern: Subject + Verb
Singular noun + action verb
Plural noun + linking verb
Singular subject pronoun + verb phrase
Plural subject pronoun + action verb
Proper noun + compound predicate
2. Find three examples of this pattern ( SUBJECT + VERB) in your PCR
book. Try to find a variety of subjects and verbs.
PATTERN #2:
SUBJECT + VERB + DIRECT OBJECT
Subject + Verb + Direct Object
Who or What?
Noun or pronoun
ACTION verb OR VERB P H RA S E
( helping verb + action verb)
Receives the action of the verb
Ask yourself: [ verb] what?
Example: Jenny made a cake.
Subject: Jenny
Verb: made
Direct Object: cake
TRY THESE S+V+DO EXAMPLES:
1. Label the sentence parts:
Monkeys eat bananas.
She loves her job.
He’s eating an orange.
2. Find three examples of this pattern (SUBJECT
+ VERB + DIRECT OBJECT) in your PCR book.
Try to find a variety of subjects and verbs.
ANSWERS:
1. Monkeys eat
bananas.
S V
DO
2. She loves her job.
S V DO
3. He’s eating an
orange.
PATTERN #3:
SUBJECT + VERB + INDIRECT OBJECT + DIRECT OBJECT
Subject + Verb + Indirect Object + Direct Object
Who or What?
Noun or pronoun
ACTION verb OR VERB PHRASE
( h e l p i n g ve r b + a c t i o n ve r b )
Identifi es to or for whom or what
the action of the verb is performed
Ask yourself : [ verb] to/ for whom/ what?
Receives the action of the
verb Ask yourself: [ verb]
what?
Example: Jenny made Dad a cake.
Subject: Jenny
Verb: made
Indirect Object: Dad
Direct Object: cake
TRY THESE S+V+IO+DO
EXAMPLES:
Label the sentence parts:
1. The teacher gave her students A's.
2. Grandfather will leave the dogs his
money.
3. The pirate sold me his boat.
ANSWERS:
1. The teacher gave her students
A's. S V IO
DO
2. Grandfather will leave the dogs his
money. S V IO
DO
3. The pirate sold me a boat.
PATTERN #4:
SUBJECT + LINKING VERB + SUBJECT
COMPLEMENT
Subject + Linking Verb + Subject Complement
“To be” verbs like
am, is, are, was, were, etc.
Sensory verbs like
appear, feel, grow, look, etc.
the adjective OR noun that
follows a linking verb.
complement = completes the subject
A linking verb LINKS the subject of the sentence to its subject
complement; therefore, this pattern only works with
linking verbs.
EXAMPLES OF S+LV+SC
1. Brandon is a gifted athlete.
Brandon = subject
is = linking verb
athlete = noun as subject complement.
2. He becomes embarrassed when people
compliment his skill.
He = subject
becomes = linking verb
embarrassed = adjective as subject complement.
SUBJECT COMPLEMENT ≠ DIRECT
OBJECT
Don't mistake a subject complement for a direct
object!
Only linking verbs can have subject complements.
Example: Brenna felt sick this morning.
Brenna = subject
felt = linking verb
sick = adjective subject complement.
Example: She felt her forehead but did not detect a temperature.
She = subject
felt = action verb
forehead = direct object (Remember D.O. answers: [verb]
what?)
PRACTICE: LABEL EACH SENTENCE
WITH ITS SENTENCE
Subject + verb PATTERN: ( S + V)
Subject + verb + direct object ( S + V + DO) (
Subject + verb + indirect object + direct object S+ V+ IO+
Subject + l inking verb + subject complement DO) ( S + LV +
S V SC)
IO
DO
Example: The mother gave her children a snack.
1. Books convey ideas.
2. Dolphins leap.
3. The pitcher threw the catcher a curve ball.
4. John hates lima beans.
5. The sea is beautiful even in winter.
6. The writer sold his publisher a three-part
story.
7. You seem worried.
8. Elizabeth will swim.
ANSWERS:
Subject + verb
Elizabeth will swim.
Dolphins leap.
Subject + verb + direct object
John hates lima beans.
Books convey ideas.
Subject + linking verb + subject
complement
The sea is beautiful even in winter.
You seem worried.
Subject + verb + indirect object + direct
object
The writer sold his publisher a three-part story.
The pitcher threw the catcher a curve ball.