UNIT 2: LESSON 3 NOTE: Colored

pencils/pens
may come in
SENTENCE PARTS AND handy for
color-coding

PATTERNS
during this
lesson!
 DART:
I CAN UNDERSTAND Previously we
learned…
WHAT PARTS MAKE A 1 . Subject

SENTENCE? 2. Predicate

Adding on…
3. Direct
Object
4. Indirect
Object
 1. HOW TO FIND THE SENTENCE PARTS:
F IRST… look for the SUBJECT.

 To find the subject: Ask who/what is the sentence about?

NEXT… find the VERB!

 To find the predicate : Ask what is the subject doing? ( action verb, linking verb,
or verb phrase)

A sentence may have a DIRECT OBJECT, INDIRECT OBJECT, or BOTH!

 To find the direct object: Ask [verb] what?

 To find the indirect object: Ask [verb] to/for whom/what?

EXAMPLE: I gave Mom a bouquet of weeds.
 PREDICATE : action/linking/verb phrase gave

 SUBJECT: Who/What [gave]? I

 Direct Object: [gave] what? a bouquet

 Indirect Object: [gave] to whom? M om

APPLICATION 9: FIND THE PARTS OF THIS
SENTENCE:

EXAMPLE #2: Tomorrow will be a snow day.

1. SUBJECT: who/what [verb]?

2. PREDICATE: find an action verb, linking verb, or verb

phrase

3. Direct Object: [verb] what?

4. Indirect Object: [verb] to/for whom/what?

 STILL APPLICATION 9:FIND THE PARTS
OF THIS SENTENCE:
EXAMPLE: At Barnes and Noble, the
students bought their teacher a new book.
1 SUBJECT: who/what [verb]?
2 PREDICATE: find an action verb, linking verb, or verb
phrase
3 Direct Object: [verb] what?
4 Indirect Object: [verb] to/for who/what?
5 What kind of phrase is “At Barnes and Noble”?
6. Mark out the prepositional phrases.
 SENTENCE PARTS
CREATE SENTENCE
PATTERNS IN OUR
LANGUAGE
 FOUR SENTENCE PATTERNS:

1. Subject + Verb

2. Subject + Verb + Direct Object

3. Subject + Verb + Indirect Object + Direct

Object

4. Subject + Linking Verb + Subject

Complement
 PATTERN #1:
SUBJECT + VERB
 In its simplest form, a sentence has two parts: a subject
and a verb. They express a complete thought when they
are together. Remember a sentence is like a bike…

Subject + Verb
 Answers who/what is doing the action?
 Options: noun or pronoun
 Shows an action or a state of being
 Options: action verb, linking verb,
or verb phrase (helping verb + main verb)
 EXAMPLES OF PATTERN #1: S+V

Subject + Verb
Dog barks.
Singular noun Action verb
I am.
Pronoun Linking verb

Siblings argue. Action verb

Plural noun

Proper Noun Al should go. Verb phrase

Compound subject He and I arrived. Action verb

 APPLICATION 10:

1 . Write an original sentence using this pattern: Subject + Verb

 Singular noun + action verb

 Plural noun + linking verb

 Compound subject + verb phrase

 Plural pronoun + action verb

 Proper noun + compound predicate

 ENTRANCE SLIP/REVIEW

Find three examples of this

pattern (SUBJECT + VERB) in your
literature book or the novel you are
reading.
Write them down on your paper.
Label the sentence. Don’t forget to
“Cite” the page number you find your
sentences on.
 PATTERN #2:
SUBJECT + VERB + DIRECT OBJECT

Subject + Verb + Direct Object

 Who or What?
 Noun or pronoun
 ACTION verb OR VERB PHRASE
(helping verb + action verb)
 Receives the action of the verb
 Ask yourself: [verb] what?
 Example: Jenny made a cake.
 Subject: Jenny
 Verb: made
 Direct Object: cake
 LET’S CREATE SOME SENTENCES…

1. The boy could be eating dogs.

2.

3.
 REVIEW 2:
Write the sentences and then label the
sentence parts:
1 . Monkeys eat bananas.

2. She loves her job.

3. He’s eating an orange.

4-6. Find three examples of this pattern
(SUBJECT + VERB + DIRECT OBJECT) in your
literature book or novel. Write them down and
label the sentences.
 ANSWERS:

1. Monkeys eat bananas.

S V DO

2. She loves her job.

S V DO

3. He’s eating an orange.

S V DO
 PATTERN #3:
SUBJE C T + VE RB + I N DI RE C T OBJ E C T + DI RE C T OBJ E C T

Subject + Verb + Indirect Object + Direct Object

Who or What?
Noun or pronoun

ACTION verb O R VERB PHRASE

(helping verb + action verb )

Identifies to or for whom or what

the action of the verb is per formed
Ask your self : [verb] to/for whom/wh at?

Receives the action of the verb

Ask your self: [verb] what ?
 Example: Jenny made Dad a cake.
 Subject: Jenny
 Verb: made
 Indirect Object: Dad
 Direct Object: cake
 TEAMWORK SENTENCES

You will make a sentence with a (1) subject, (2)

verb, (3) IO, and (4) Direct Object.

Each member of your team should contribute

one part.

Put your sentence on the whiteboard.

 LET’S WRITE SOME SENTENCES:

Subject Verb IO DO
1.The doctor walks Lauren the desk.
2. Jeana squeaks Ostrich the shoe.
3. She and I walked Donald the elephant.
4. The bug jumps Cat the home.
5. The cats flew a dog fruit.
6. Llamas are running and jumping Rachel
the dog.
 APPLICATION 12:

Label the sentence parts:

1. The teacher gave her students A's.

2. Grandfather will leave the dogs his money.

3. The pirate sold me his boat.

 ANSWERS:

1. The teacher gave her students A's.

S V IO DO

2. Grandfather will leave the dogs his money.

S V IO DO

3. The pirate sold me a boat.

S V IO DO
 PATTERN #4:
SUBJECT + LINKING VERB + SUBJECT COMPLEMENT

Subject + Linking Verb + Subject Complement

 “To be” verbs like

am, is, are, was, were, etc.
 Sensory verbs like
appear, feel, grow, look, etc.
 the adjective OR noun that
follows a linking verb.
 complement = completes the subject

 A linking verb LINKS the subject of the sentence to its subject

complement; therefore, this pattern only works with linking
verbs.
 PREDICATE ADJECTIVE OR PREDICATE
NOMINATIVE
If the subject complement is a word that “describes” the
subject, then it is called a PREDICATE ADJECTIVE.

S LV Adjective (Predicate Adjective)

Isabel is beautiful.

If the subject complement is a word that “renames” the subject,

then it is called a PREDICATE NOMINATIVE.

S LV NOUN (Predicate Nominative)

Isabel is a ballplayer.
 EXAMPLES OF S+LV+SC

1. Brandon is a gifted athlete.

 Brandon = subject

 is = linking verb

 athlete = noun as subject complement.

2. He becomes embarrassed when people compliment

his skill.
 He = subject

 becomes = linking verb

 embarrassed = adjective as subject complement.

SUBJECT COMPLEMENT ≠ DIRECT OBJECT

 Don't mistake a subject complement for a direct

object!
Only linking verbs can have subject
complements.
Example: Brenna felt sick this morning.
 Brenna = subject
 felt = linking verb
 sick = adjective subject complement.

 Example: She felt her forehead but did not detect a temperature.
 She = subject
 felt = action verb
 forehead = direct object (Remember D.O. answers: [verb] what?)
 APPLICATION 13: LABEL EACH
SENTENCE WITH ITS SENTENCE PATTERN:
 Subject +
verb (S + V)
 Subject +
verb + direct object (S + V + DO)
 Subject +
verb + indirect object + direct object (S+V+IO+DO )
 Subject +
linking verb + subject complement (S + LV + SC)
S V IO DO
 Example: T he m other g ave her c hildren a snack .
1. Books convey ideas.
2. Dolphins leap.
3. The pitcher threw the catcher a curve ball.
4. John hates lima beans.
5. The sea is beautiful even in winter.
6. The writer sold his publisher a three-part story.
7. You seem worried.
8. Elizabeth will swim.
 ANSWERS:

 Subject + verb
 Elizabeth will swim.
 Dolphins leap.

 Subject + verb + direct object

 John hates lima beans.
 Books convey ideas.

 Subject + linking verb + subject complement

 The sea is beautiful even in winter.
 You seem worried.

 Subject + verb + indirect object + direct object

 The writer sold his publisher a three-part story.
 The pitcher threw the catcher a curve ball.
 TEAM WORK SENTENCES
You will work with your team to create a sentence that follows each of
the following patterns. Here are your rules:
1. You can only use your sentence strips.
2. Each team member must contribute at least one sentence strip
(unless there aren’t enough words in the sentence) to each
sentence.
3. You must submit your LABELED sentences at the end of class.
PATTERNS:
1. S + V + DO

2. S + Action Verb

3. Article + S + V + IO + DO

4. S + LV + SC + Prepositional Phrase

5. S + LV + SC
 ASSIGNMENT FROM GRAMMAR BOOK:
Pages 352-353 in Grammar Book:
--Practice 14.3A: # 1-10
--Practice 14.3C: #1-10

Page 350-351:
Copy the definitions for predicate nominative,
predicate adjective, object complement, into your
notes.

Page 353:
--Practice 14.3D: #11-20