THE FIVE PATTERNS FOR SIMPLE SENTENCES
Subject
Predicate
1. Subject………………………Verb (intransitive)
The earth
trembled.
2. Subject………………………Verb (transitive)……….Direct Object
The earthquake
destroyed
the city.
3. Subject………………………Verb (linking)……………Subject Complement (noun or adjective)
The result
was
chaos.
4. Subject……………….…….Verb (transitive)….……Indirect object……….….Direct Object
The government
sent
the city
aid.
5. Subject……………….…….Verb (transitive)….…...Direct object……….…….Object Complement
(noun or verb)
The citizens
considered
the earthquake
a disaster.