English for the Eager Learners
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Tips<br />
A verb in different types suggests different meanings:<br />
Play<br />
The children are playing. (intransitive – are having fun)<br />
n. (obj)<br />
The wife played <strong>the</strong> violin badly. (transitive – per<strong>for</strong>med)<br />
n. adj.<br />
The husband played deaf. (linking – pretended)<br />
The following are <strong>the</strong> most frequently used sentence patterns:<br />
(1) SV<br />
(subject + intransitive verb / transitive verb in <strong>the</strong> passive voice)<br />
My dog barked.<br />
A rat was caught.<br />
(2) SVO<br />
(subject + transitive verb + object)<br />
The dog killed <strong>the</strong> rat. (concrete noun)<br />
The rat stole some food. (mass noun)<br />
(3) SVC<br />
(subject + linking verb + complement)<br />
The food was cheese. (mass noun)<br />
The cheese smelt good. (adjective)<br />
(4) SVOC (Please see page 105.)<br />
(subject + transitive verb + object + complement)<br />
I called <strong>the</strong> dog a good boy. (concrete noun)<br />
The dog made me happy. (adjective)<br />
(5) SVOO<br />
(subject + transitive verb + object + object)<br />
I gave <strong>the</strong> dog some cookies.<br />
Tom handed Susan a present.<br />
Lesson 2<br />
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