Sentence Patterns

Sentence Patterns 2

SP2

Sometimes a preposition is put in front of the indirect object.

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SP3

Subject – Verb – Direct Object – Preposition – Indirect Object

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• The postman

• took

• a letter

• to

• her yesterday

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• The dog owner

• gives

• a bone

• to

• his dog everyday

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• The students

• sent

• a present

• to

• their teacher

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• The gardener

• handed

• some flowers

• to

• me

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• My mother

• has already taken

• a cup of coffee

• to

• my dad

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• She

• found

• a seat

• for

• me

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• Ladan

• has painted

• a beautiful picture

• for

• her friend

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​A complement is a word or group of words that completes a grammatical construction.

A complement is part of the predicate of a sentence and describes either the subject of the sentence or the direct object.

S + V + C

Subject + Verb + Complement

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• They

• are

• dancers

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• 3

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• Her father

• is

• a doctor

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• The class

• became

• noisy

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• Her eyes

• are

• beautiful

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• The leaves

• turn

• yellow

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• Her dreams

• have come

• true

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• The tea

• is getting

• cold

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