A practical english grammar - Vyssaja skola 1978
The major sentence patterns
Sound symbols
In Chapters 1, 2, and 3 we considered four major English sentence patterns, listed below as Patterns la-4. Other important patterns that the student must learn make up the remainder of the list. They will be discussed one by one in the sections that follow.
(Pattern 1a)
be +noun complement
He is a teacher.
(Pattern 1b)
be + adjective, complement
He is helpful.
(Pattern 1c)
be +adverbial complement
He is here.
(Pattern 2)
dummy there +be
There is coffee on the table.
(Pattern 3)
linking verb + complement
John seems happy.
Henry became a doctor.
(Pattern 4)
transitive verb + direct object
Birds eat seeds.
(Pattern 5a)
verb + indirect object + direct object
He gave me the book.
(Pattern 5b)
verb +direct object +to/ for-phrase
He gave the book to me.
VERBS FOLLOWED BY OTHER VERBS IN THE PREDICATE
(Pattern 6)
verb +infinitive
I want to go.
(Pattern 6.1)
linking verb +complement + infinitive
l am eager to go.
(Pattern 7)
verb +gerund
He enjoys eating.
(Pattern 7.1)
linking verb +complement + preposition + gerund
He is fond of eating.
VERBS FOLLOWED BY OTHER VERBS IN THE PREDICATE (Continued)
(Pattern 8)
verb + gerund with subject
He appreciates my reminding him.
I don’t like him doing that.
(Pattern 9)
verb + infinitive with subject
I want him to write a letter.
(Pattern 9.1)
linking verb + complement + for + infinitive with subject
I am eager for him to write a letter.
(Pattern 10)
verb + base form with subject
I made him write a letter.
(Pattern 11)
verb + noun + past participle
I had the letter written.
(Pattern 12a)
sensory verb +noun base form
I saw him cross the street.
(Pattern 12b)
sensory verb +noun + gerund
I saw him crossing the street.
(Pattern 13)
the infinitive of purpose
He stopped to listen.
SUBORDINATE CLAUSES IN THE PREDICATE
(Pattern 14)
verb + that-clause
I know that he studies English.
(Pattern 14.1)
verb of commanding +that-clause with base-form verb
I suggest that he write a letter.
(Pattern 14.2)
linking verb +complement + that-clause
I am sure that he studies English.
VERBS FOLLOWED BY SPECIAL PREDICATE STRUCTURES
(Pattern 15a)
verb + direct object + adjective
I consider him intelligent.
(Pattern 15b)
verb + direct object + noun adjunct
We elected him president.
TWO-WORD VERBS
(Pattern 16a)
separable two-word verb
She found out the answer.
She found it out.
(Pattern 16b)
inseparable two-word verb
She looked at the picture.
She looked at it.