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Day 8
Complements Review
Preview 5 sentence patterns + diagramming


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Action Verb
direct object

none

indirect object

Linking Verb
Predicate
Nominative

Predicate
Adjective

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none


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*What complements can you
have with action verbs?

Direct object and indirect object

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*Will every action verb have a
direct object complement?
indirect object?

No, actions verbs could have no D.O.
Ex. She worked with clay.
Ex. She worked here.
No, indirect not necessary either
Ex. She threw the ball.

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*What complements can you
have with linking verbs?

Predicate nominatives and predicate
adjectives

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*Will every linking verb have a
predicate nominative or
adjective?

No, linking verbs could have no P.N. or
P.A.
Ex. She will be here.
Ex. She has been with them.

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* What complements(s) are in this sentence,
and what type(s) are they?

Cold milk tastes good on a hot day.

Predicate adjective - good

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What complements(s) are in this sentence,
and what type(s) are they?
My uncle repairs engines and sells them.

Direct objects – engines, them
Since there is a compound action
verb there is the possibility of two
direct objects one for repairs and
one for sells

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What complements(s) are in this sentence,
and what type(s) are they?
The captain gave the crew and us orders.

Compound Indirect object – crew,us
Direct object - orders

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What complements(s) are in this sentence,
and what type(s) are they?
Bill Russell became a famous basketball player.

Predicate nominative - player

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* There are five basic sentence patterns in the
English language.

*We call them sentence patterns, but they are

actually CLAUSE patterns. Independent and
subordinate clauses will have one of these five
patterns.

*The patterns are named for subject, verb, and
complements in the sentence

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*REMEMBER – no major part of the sentence
is in prepositional phrase

*Not the SUBJECT
*Not the VERB
*Not the COMPLEMENT

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Pattern

NV

N – a noun the subject
V – followed by verb with no complement
Ex. She worked with clay.
Ex. The architectural plans are kept here.
Ex. The mustard is with the catsup.

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Pattern

NVN

N – a noun the SUBJECT
V – with an ACTION verb
N – and a noun(pronoun) the DIRECT OBJECT
Ex. She plowed the soil.
Ex. The cowboy has fed the horse and mule.

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Pattern

NVNN

N – a noun the SUBJECT
V – with an ACTION verb
N – and a noun(pronoun) the INDIRECT OBJECT
N – and a noun(pronoun) the DIRECT OBJECT
Ex. The teacher taught us some Spanish words.
Ex. The cowboy has fed the horse oats and hay.

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Pattern

NLVN

N – a noun the SUBJECT
LV – with an LINKING verb
N – and a noun(pronoun) the PRED. NOMINATIVE

Ex. The teacher was Mrs. Yokoyama.
Ex. Mrs. Yokoyama became an actress and a singer.

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Pattern

NLVA

N – a noun the SUBJECT
LV – with an LINKING verb
A – and an adjective the PREDICATE ADJECTIVE

Ex. The teacher was furious.
Ex. Mrs. Yokoyama became happy and satisfied.

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*IMPORTANT – the N, V, LV, or A in a pattern

stands for the job (not for a single word). For
example, more than one word might be doing
the job of subject, verb, or direct object.

Ex. Bob and John will be trimming the bushes and trees.
N – the subject is Bob, John
V – the action verb is will be trimming
N – the direct object is bushes, trees

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*A sentence diagram is a picture of the job that

each word or word group does in the sentence.

*The basic diagram has two lines.

There is a
horizontal line for the subject, verb, and
complement. There is a vertical line to separate
the subject and the predicate.

Predicate = verb + complements

Subject

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NV

subj

verb

NVN

subj

action verb

dir obj

subj

action verb

dir obj

NVNN
NLVN
and
NLVA

ind obj

subj

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linking verb

Pred nom or adj