Sentence relationships define the functions of the 8 parts of speech: nouns, verbs (including auxiliary verbs), adjectives, adverbs, articles, conjunctions, pronouns, and prepositions).
Prerequisite knowledge: What is a noun? What is a verb? What is a sentence?
There are six basic or simple sentence patterns:
- Subject/Predicate, Action Verb
- Subject/Predicate, Action Verb/Direct Object
- Subject/Predicate, Action Verb/Adverb
- Subject/Predicate, Linking Verb/Predicate Nominative
- Subject/Predicate, Linking Verb/Predicate Adjective
- Subject/Predicate, Action Verb/Indirect Object/Direct Object
Examples of the six basis sentence types:
1. Subject/Predicate, Action Verb
- The class studied.
- The students and the teacher read.
- The students sat and read.
- The students and the teacher sat and read.
2. Subject/Predicate, Action Verb/Direct Object
- The class took a test.
- The class took a test and a quiz.
3. Subject/Predicate, Action Verb/Adverb
- The class worked carefully.
- The students sit here.
- The class worked like a team.
- Before school, in the gym, the class worked like a team.
- In the gym, the class worked like a team before school.
- Like a team, the class worked before school in the gym.
4. Subject/Predicate, Linking Verb/Predicate Nominative
- The teacher is Mr. Soto.
- The teachers are Mr. Soto and Ms. Lin
5. Subject/Predicate, Linking Verb/Predicate Adjective
- The teacher is kind.
- Ms. Kin is kind and helpful.
6. Subject/Predicate, Action Verb/Indirect Object/Direct Object
- The teacher gave the class a test.
- Mr. Soto gave Kim and John a test.