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Simple sentence patterns with examples

Master French Grammar: A Beginner's Roadmap to Success: Simple sentence patterns with examples
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Simple sentence patterns are the basic ways in which the elements of a sentence (subject, verb, object, complement, etc.) are arranged. The most common simple sentence patterns in English are:

  1. Subject + Linking Verb + Complement (S – LV – C)
    • Example: She looks happy.
  2. Subject + Intransitive Verb (S – IV)
    • Example: She swims.
  3. Subject + Transitive Verb + Direct Object (S – TV – DO)
    • Example: They are baking cookies.
  4. Subject + Transitive Verb + Indirect Object + Direct Object (S – TV – IO – DO)
    • Example: Mary lent Josh money.
  5. Subject + Transitive Verb + Direct Object + Object Complement (S – TV – DO – OC)
    • Example: She called the boy attractive.

These patterns describe how sentences are constructed from different components such as subjects, verbs (linking, intransitive, transitive), objects (direct and indirect), and complements, providing the foundation for creating clear and grammatically correct sentences. 1, 5

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