ANALYTICAL GRAMMAR (UNIT #7)
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PATTERN #3
To learn about Pattern 3, you must learn a new concept called the INDIRECT OBJECT.
PATTERN 3:
N-V-N-N
It consists of four main parts IN THIS ORDER: the subject (N), an action verb (V), an indirect object (N), and a
direct object (N). All four parts may have modifiers, and there may be prepositional phrases in the sentence, but
THERE WILL BE NO OTHER NOUNS OR VERBS.
IMPORTANT:
A SENTENCE CANNOT HAVE AN INDIRECT OBJECT UNLESS IT HAS A DIRECT
OBJECT.
EXAMPLE: pn
av pro art n
pp
n
Mom gave me a dollar (for candy).
If you “strip down” this sentence (take out all the modifiers and prepositional phrases), what would be left?
Mom
gave
me
dollar
When you "strip down" a sentence as you did above, count the number of nouns (or pronouns) left over. If you have
one noun left over, you have a Pattern 1 (N-V) sentence. If you have two nouns left over, you have a Pattern 2 (N-VN) sentence. If you have three nouns left over, you have Pattern 3 (N-V-N-N); the first noun will be the subject, the
second will be the indirect object, and the third will be the direct obect.
The diagram of your complete Pattern 3 sentence would look like this:
Mom
gave
fo
r
dollar
a
candy
Note the
little "tail."
☞
me
VERY IMPORTANT: The INDIRECT OBJECT will always be located between the VERB and the DIRECT
OBJECT in the sentence. The words will ALWAYS come in this order:
SUBJECT - VERB - INDIRECT OBJECT - DIRECT OBJECT.
These sentences will only contain ACTION VERBS.
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EXERCISE #1
PATTERN 3: EXERCISE #1
NAME:__________________________________________DATE:_______________________
DIRECTIONS: All the sentences below are Pattern 3. Parse them and put prepositional phrases in parentheses.
Then, in the space provided or on a separate sheet of paper, diagram the entire sentence.
1. African-Americans gave America many great Congressmen.
2. Blanche Kelso Bruce gave Missouri its first school for Blacks in 1864.
3. In 1874 the Mississippi legislature made Mr. Bruce that state’s first black Senator.
4. In 1888 Henry Plummer Cheatham gave North Carolina its first black Congressman.
5. After his defeat in 1892, Cheatham gave North Carolina an orphanage for
two hundred students.
6. Wood High School in Charleston, South Carolina, gave Robert Carlos DeLarge his
early education.
7. In 1870 the South Carolina legislature appointed him land commissioner in charge of
that state’s public lands.
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8. The same state legislature gave him the nomination for representative of the Second
Congressional District.
9. In 1966 Massachusetts gave the United States its first black Senator from a popular
election.
10. Senator Edward William Brooke III gave the people of Massachusetts twelve years
of dedicated service in the Senate.
DIRECTIONS: Write what job the underlined words are doing. Choose your answers from among the following:
SUBJECT
SENTENCE #
DIRECT OBJECT
INDIRECT OBJECT
OBJECT OF THE PREPOSITION
MODIFIER
WORD
JOB
VERB
1
America
________________________________________________
2
Blanche Kelso Bruce_____________________________________________
4
Congressman
6
Robert Carlos DeLarge____________________________________________
7
him
________________________________________________
7
commissioner
________________________________________________
9
black
________________________________________________
10
service
________________________________________________
________________________________________________
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EXERCISE #2
PATTERN 3: EXERCISE #2
NAME:____________________________________________DATE:_____________________
DIRECTIONS: The sentences below are either Pattern 2 (N-V-N) or Pattern 3 (N-V-N-N). Parse the sentences
and then, in the space provided or on a separate sheet of paper, diagram the entire sentence.
1. Black Americans represent America in all aspects of our culture.
2. Mary McLeod Bethune gave the southeastern United States one of its finest
teacher-training institutions.
3. The Brooklyn Dodgers named Roy Campanella “Most Valuable Player” in three
different years.
4. Wilt Chamberlain broke almost every scoring record in professional basketball.
5. In 1839 Joseph Cinque led a successful revolt against the captain of a slave ship.
6. Harriet Tubman gave many slaves their freedom through the famous
Underground Railroad.
7. After his own escape to freedom in 1835, Frederick Douglas denounced slavery in his
fiery speeches.
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8. W. E. B. Dubois founded the National Association for the Advancement of Colored
People.
9. James Baldwin gave the world such magnificent essays as “The Fire Next Time.”
10. Lorraine Hansberry won the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for her
A Raisin in the Sun.
DIRECTIONS: Write what job the underlined words are doing. Choose your answers from among the following:
SUBJECT
SENTENCE #
DIRECT OBJECT
INDIRECT OBJECT
OBJECT OF THE PREPOSITION
MODIFIER
WORD
JOB
VERB
1
America
________________________________________________
2
United States
________________________________________________
3
“Most Valuable Player”____________________________________________
4
every
________________________________________________
5
Joseph Cinque
________________________________________________
6
gave
________________________________________________
6
Underground Railroad_____________________________________________
7
slavery
________________________________________________
9
magnificent
________________________________________________
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EXERCISE #3
PATTERN 3: EXERCISE #3
NAME:__________________________________________DATE:______________________
DIRECTIONS: The sentences below are either Pattern 1(N-V), Pattern 2 (N-V-N), or Pattern 3 (N-V-N-N). Parse
the sentences and then, in the space provided or on a separate sheet of paper, diagram the entire sentence.
1. Langston Hughes achieved fame from his magnificent poems about the black
experience in America.
2. Langston Hughes made his entrance into the world in Joplin, Missouri, on
February 1, 1902.
3. His father left the family for Mexico in a fit of rage over discrimination.
4. His mother gave her son the best home within her power.
5. His classmates in grammar school elected him class poet.
6. On that same day Langston wrote sixteen verses in praise of them.
7. At his father’s request Langston moved to Mexico in his junior year in high school.
8. He published his first poem during his senior year.
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9. Langston put himself through Lincoln College in Pennsylvania.
10. Throughout his long career Langston Hughes gave America the priceless legacy of his
poetry.
DIRECTIONS: Write what job the underlined words are doing. Choose your answers from among the following:
SUBJECT
DIRECT OBJECT
VERB
SENTENCE #
WORD
INDIRECT OBJECT
OBJECT OF THE PREPOSITION
MODIFIER
JOB
1
fame
________________________________________________
2
made
________________________________________________
3
rage
________________________________________________
4
son
________________________________________________
5
poet
________________________________________________
6
Langston
________________________________________________
8
poem
_______________________________________________
10
America
________________________________________________
10
legacy
________________________________________________
10
poetry
________________________________________________
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