Basic Sentence Patterns

Sentence Patterns:

PART 1

Some text here about the topic of discussion

• put the subject and the adjectives such as ‘fat’, ‘thin’ etc. or any words describing the subject at the beginning of the sentence

• put the verb and some adverbs such as ‘often’, ‘usually’ etc. after the subject

• put the object of the verb, the adjectives or other words describing the object and the adverbs describing the verb at the end of the sentence

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Steps

​Subject-Verb-Object pattern.

Reorder

Reorder the following

• that

• thin girl

• is drinking

• milk

• now

1

2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Reorder

Reorder the following

• the police

• caught

• the

• robbers

• yesterday

1

2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Reorder

Reorder the following

• we

• like

• our

• maths

• teacher

1

2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Reorder

Reorder the following

• my mother

• is

• looking after

• our

• baby sister

1

2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

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Reorder the following

• the tall man

• has

• just written

• a long

• email

1

2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

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• the students

• have

• solved

• some maths

• problems

1

2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Reorder

Reorder the following

• Fatima

• will

• visit

• her aunt

• tomorrow

1

2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Reorder

Reorder the following

• my boss

• reads

• the newspaper

• every

• morning

1

2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Reorder

Reorder the following

• the audience

• really

• enjoyed

• the

• movie

1

2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Reorder

Reorder the following

• the cook

• has made

• some

• delicious

• chocolate cakes

1

2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Some verbs can be followed by two objects without an ‘and’ connecting them.

One of these objects is called the ‘direct object’ and the other the ‘indirect object’.

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Steps

Subject – Verb – Indirect Object – Direct Object

Reorder

Reorder the following

• The short man

• has bought

• his son

• some crayons

• from the stationery shop

1

2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

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Reorder the following

• The driver

• has just shown

• the policeman

• his

• driving license

1

2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Reorder

Reorder the following

• The nurse

• gave

• the patient

• some

• medicine

1

2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Reorder

Reorder the following

• My uncle

• bought me

• a bouquet

• of flowers

• last week

1

2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Reorder

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• The customer

• is

• paying

• the shopkeeper

• 200 riyals

1

2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Reorder

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• He

• has

• never told

• his brother

• the secret

1

2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Reorder

Reorder the following

• Her

• best friend

• sent her

• a postcard

• from Malaysia

1

2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5