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Words: Six Sentence Functions

Subject: Someone or something in a word, phrase or clause.

Verb: Action and linking, along or with help.

Object: Direct and indirect and more.

Completion: Complement and compliment subjects and objects.

Link: Stick with conjunctions and prepositions

Modifier: Add with adjectives and adverbs.

Small Validations Can Often Lift Morale.

Subject, Verb, Completion, Object, Link and Modifier.



Four Sentence Patterns

Action Verbs

1

Subject + Verb (Action Intransitive) + possible adverb Modifier(s)S + VA1 + (M)

Example: Larry yelled at the cat crossing his yard.

2

Subject + Verb (Action Transitive Active) + Direct ObjectS + VAT + Do

Example: The cat disliked his anger.

Subject + Verb (Action Transitive Passive) + (Agent/Actor/Doer)S + VAT + AAD

Example: His anger was disliked (by the cat).

Subject + Verb (Action Transitive) + Indirect Object + Direct ObjectS + VAT + Io + Do

Example: Larry gave the cat many disgusting looks.

Subject + Verb (Action Transitive) + Direct Object + Object Completion (Noun:renames; Adj.:describes)Subject + VAT + Do + OC

Example: The other cats on the street hissed at Larry like snakes.

Linking Verbs

3

Subject + Verb (Linking) + Modifier (Adverb of time and place)S + VL + M

Example: His head was in the clouds.

4



Subject + Verb (Linking) + Subject Completion (Predicate Noun: renames;Predicate Adj.: describes)

S + VL + SC

Example: He seemed nice and different.

Subject + Action Intransitive + (Modifier(s))



Interjection

Definition: An interjection is used to express an emotion. It is only one word,isolated from the other parts of the sentence. It usually ends in an exclamationmark and italicized.

Exercises in the Structure of English, second book by Gordon H. Allison,M.A. Defines, “An interjection is used as a sudden expression of feeling.”

Examples:

(1) Alas! his grief is great. Page 7 of Exercises in the Structure of English, second book by Gordon H. Allison, M.A.

(2) O heavens! O wife, look how our daughter bleeds! Act 5 ,Scene 3, Page 192,Line 202 of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare.

(3) Hey! Hey! You! You! I don't like your girlfriend! Girlfriend by Avril Lavigne.

(4) Write your own using the magnets I have provided and put your answer eitheron the magnet board in this binder of you can use a refrigerator.



Verb

Definition: A verb is a part of speech that expresses an action, occurrence orexistence.

Exercises in the Structure of English, second book by Gordon H. Allison,M.A. Defines; “A verb is used to make an assertion about a noun, or a noun, ornoun equivalent; it may express action, feeling or state.”

Examples:

(1) The man hates his enemy, and he fights him. of, Exercises in theStructure of English, second book by Gordon H. Allison, M.A.

(2) The porch light shone on the wet front steps, Audrey”s fifty-thousand-wattburglar beacon. Page 72, Chapter 8 of Kathe Koja's Buddha Boy.

(3) Love is the coal that makes this train roll. Everlasting Light by the Black Keys.




Adverb

Definition: An adverb is a verb that ends in -ly. It describes a circumstance, orcondition.

Exercises in the Structure of English, second book by Gordon H. Allison,M.A. Defines, “ An adverb modifies or limits a verb, an adjective, or anotheradverb.

Examples:

(1) The very strong man lifts the weight easily and quite quickly. Page 7 of:Exercises in the Structure of English, second book by Gordon H. Allison, M.A.

(2) Wisely and slow, they stumble that run fast. Act 1, Scene 3, Page 69, Line 94of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare.

(3) “Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond yourgrasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly may alight upon you.” - NathanielHawthorne

(4) Write your own using the magnets I have provided and put your answer either

on the magnet board in this binder of you can use a refrigerator.



Noun

Definition: A noun is a word that is either a person place or thing.

Exercises in the Structure of English, second book by Gordon H. Allison,M.A. Defines, “A noun is the name of anything: a person, a place, a thing, an idea,an activity, an animal, a quality, a virtue, etc.”

Examples:

(1) The man from Ottawa is noted for his industry and prudence. Page 7 of:Exercises in the Structure of English, second book by Gordon H. Allison, M.A.

(2) I don't hang out at the Barn, I don't have a credit card, I eat in the cafeteriainstead of going out to McDonald's or Pizza Ray's. Page 4, Chapter 1 of KatheKoja's Buddha Boy .

(3) What to Wear Where by J. Patrick Jewis



When I was a boyIn Looziana,

We wore blue jeansAnd a red bandanna

My folks moved up

To the state of Maine,We wore duck shoesIn slicker suit rain.

My folks moved down To the state of Texas,We wore brand names

Like Lazy X's.

Now that we're livingIt up in Vermont

We wear pretty muchWhatever we want.




Conjunction

Definition: A conjunction is a word that joins two sentences to make one

sentence. Conjunctions are words such as; and, or, etc.

Exercises in the Structure of English, second book by Gordon H. Allison,M.A. Defines, “ A conjunction, if co-ordinating or correlating, joins equal things;such as two nouns, two verbs, etc.”

Examples:

(1) The red and white flag was adopted after much controversy. Page 7 of:Exercises in the Structure of English, second book by Gordon H. Allison, M.A.

(2) I must indeed, and therefore came I hither. Act 5, Scene 3, Page 183, Line 58of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare.

(3) On a test,students look up for inspiration,

look down in desperation, left and right for information.



– Unknown[Dr. Frogley]

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Adjective

Definition: An adjective is a describing word. It can describe a quality, action or

state.

Exercises in the Structure of English, second book by Gordon H. Allison,M.A. Defines, “ An adjective modifies, describes, or limits a noun.”

Examples:

(1) The large sign advertised a kissproof lipstick. Page 7 of: Exercises in theStructure of English, second book by Gordon H. Allison, M.A.

(2) Crossing the hall from the kitchen, leading me into a dark little room that,

with the light clicked on, burst completely into color: sky blue and saffronyellow, purest orange, seafoam green, and all of it waving, undulating, eachcolor flowing into the next because the colors were alive, were people: a dancingwoman with a pointy tongue, a man with an elephant's head, a smiling guylooked Jesus-y, a Buddha with electric blond hair.Page 47, Chapter 5 of Kathe Koja's Buddha Boy .

(3) Belief creates the actual fact.

– William James[Jesse Pascoe]

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Pronoun

Definition: A pronoun is a word that substitutes a noun. There are different typesof pronouns, such as:

Demonstrative Pronoun - this, that, these, those

Personal Pronoun - I, you, he, she, etc..Possessive Pronoun - mine, yours, his, etc..Reflexive Pronoun - myself, yourself, etc..Interrogative Pronoun - who, what, where, etc..Negative Pronoun - nothing, no, nobody, etc..Reciprocal Pronoun - each other, etc..Relative Clause - who, whose, which, that, etc..Quantifier - some, any, something, much, many, little, etc.Indefinite Pronoun - anyone, somebody, one, all, etc

Exercises in the Structure of English, second book by Gordon H. Allison,

M.A. Defines, “A pronoun is a substitute for a noun.”

Examples:

(1) John entered the university where he developed mentally. Page 7 of: Exercisesin the Structure of English, second book by Gordon H. Allison, M.A.

(2) But he didn't turn, didn't move, just kept staring as if he were alone in theroom so I put my face in his face, to make him see me, make him hear, and

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“Jinsen!” hands on his arms, “don't! You hear me? Just don't. “Page 107, Chapter 12 of Kathe Koja's Buddha Boy .

(3) Nothing is static. Everything is falling apart.

- Chuck Palahniuck in Fight Club

[Sarah McLachlan]Quote of the Day




Preposition

Definition: A preposition is a word that links a noun, pronoun, or gerund to other

words in a sentence.

Exercises in the Structure of English, second book by Gordon H. Allison,M.A. Defines, “A preposition joins and relates a phrase to the word it modifies.”

Example:

(1) George walked into the room and sat in an easy chair. Page 7 of: Exercises inthe Structure of English, second book by Gordon H. Allison, M.A.

(2) Comedy, we may say, is society protecting itself – with a smile. - J.B. Priestley

(3) The best for the group comes when everyone in the group does what is bestfor himself and the group.

- John Forbes Nash Jr.[Fiona Sarzin]

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Participle

Definition: There are two types of participles, the past participle and thepresent participle. The past participle has an -ed ending. A present participlehas an -ing ending.

Exercises in the Structure of English, second book by Gordon H. Allison,M.A. Defines, “The participle has the value of an adjective and of a verb. It isfound in a participial phrase which modifies a noun; and in the phrase it iscompleted by an object, or a subjective completion, or an adverbial modifier.”

Examples:

(1) The man seated near the door is distracted by noise. Page 9 of: Exercises inthe Structure of English, second book by Gordon H. Allison, M.A.

(2) I wanted to – to do something, say something – You shit-head, you evil creep– but I didn't, I just stood there, my mouth glued shut and then they were gone,hopping into someone's car, revving away in a flume of water – and there was Jinsen, looking right at me, the ruined book limp and bleeding water through hismuddy hands.Page 35, Chapter 3 of Kathe Koja's Buddha Boy .



(3) I'm always amazed that people will actually choose to sit in front of thetelevision and just be savaged by stuff that belittles their intelligence. - AliceWalker


Infinitive

Definition: An infinitive is a verb form that does not specify a tense.

Exercises in the Structure of English, second book by Gordon H. Allison,M.A. Defines, “The infinitive may have the value of a noun, or an adjective, oran adverb; and it also has the value of a verb.”

Examples:

(1) The woman wants to catch the bus. (noun value)

There is a dearth of nurses to tend the sick. (adjective value) We all work to make a living. (adverb value)Page 9 of: Exercises in the Structure of English, second book by Gordon H. Allison,M.A.

(2) I wonder how it's going to be when you don't know me. How's It Going To Beby Third Eye Blind.

(3) The greatest mistake you can make in like is to continually be afraid you will



make one.

- Elbert G. Hubbart[Violet Nicholson]Quote of the Day


Subject

Definition: A subject is the what the sentence is being said about. It is either anoun or pronoun.

A Short Grammar of English by Norman L. Haider, defines; “If we accept thedefinition that a sentence is a group of words containing two major parts, asubject and a predicate, and expressing a complete thought, it should be possibleto (1) recognize whether or not a group of words is a sentence and (2) divide

every sentence into its two major parts.”

Examples:

(1) [[(A pessimist)(sees)(the difficulty)(in(every opportunity;))][an optimist)(sees)(the opportunity)(in(every difficulty.))]] - Winston Churchill [Ai-Lin Yang]

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(2) [[If(I((tried)(to get even)][(I)('d be)(worse)[than(he)(is.)]]] Page 60, Chapter 6 of Kathe Koja's Buddha Boy .

(3) I wish I could be it all for you. - Guns and Horses by Ellie Goulding



Verb

Definition: A verb is a part of speech that expresses an action, occurrence orexistence.

Exercises in the Structure of English, second book by Gordon H. Allison,M.A. Defines; “A verb is used to make an assertion about a noun, or a noun, ornoun equivalent; it may express action, feeling or state.”

Examples:

(1) The man hates his enemy, and he fights him. Page 7 of, Exercises in theStructure of English, second book by Gordon H. Allison, M.A.

(2) The porch light shone on the wet front steps, Audrey”s fifty-thousand-watt



burglar beacon. Page 72, Chapter 8 of Kathe Koja's Buddha Boy.

(3) Love is the coal that makes this train roll. Everlasting Light by the Black Keys.


Completion

Definition: A completion, also known as a complement is a part of the sentencethat follows the verb to complete the sentence, hence the namecompletion/complement. There are different types of completions, such assubject, object, and prepositional complements.

Examples:

(1) Subject Completion

[[Hard work beats talent][when talent fails to work hard.]] - Kevin Durant [Nikola Raesvic]Quote of the Day



(2) Object Completion

[Age(does(not)diminish)(the extreme disappointment)(of having)[(the ice cream)(fall)(from the cone.)]] - Jim Fiebig [Sandy Ma]

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(3) Adjectival Completion

[She'll be sad.]


Object

Definition: An object is a person or thing that is affected by the verb in thesentence. There are different types of objects such as; direct objects, indirectobjects and objects of the preposition.

Examples:

(1) Direct Object – received the action of a verb or result of the action andanswers the question “What?”.

[(They)(do)(good(stuff ,)) right?] Page 93, Chapter 12 of Kathe Koja's BuddhaBoy .

(2) Indirect Object – tells who the action or the result of the action is being done



to. There has to be a direct object to have an indirect object in a sentence.

A friend is someone who can sing you the song of your heart when you'veforgotten it.

- Anonymous

(3) Object of the Preposition – the word that the preposition refers to.

[(I)(am)(just)(a speck)(of dust)((inside(a giant's eye.))] - Kimya Dawson[Willow Johnson] Quote of the Day


L ink

Definition: Links are used to join words, phrases and clauses together, so multiplethoughts can be in one sentence.

Examples:

(1) [(Nobody),(hero or not),(really)(wants)(to rush)(into(a fire.))] [(Because)(fire)(burns.)] Page 63, Chapter 7 of Kathe Koja's Buddha Boy .

(2) [(Confidence)(is)(the hinge)(on the door)(to success.)] - Unknown[Kim Gagnon]



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(3) A humorist is a person who feels bad, but who feels good about it. - DonHerold



Modifier

Definition: A modifier is a word, phrase, or clause that acts as an adjective oradverb.

Examples:

(1) [[(All religions)((are)(about))(the same thing)(really,)][are)(n't)(they?)]] Page 48, Chapter 5 of Kathe Koja's Buddha Boy



(2) [[(Hatred)(is)(so much closer)(to love)][(than indifference.)]] - MaryaHornbacher

(3) He ran quickly.



Independent clause

Definition: An independent clause has only one subject-verb combination thatexpresses a complete thought. Since it expresses a complete thought it can standon its own. Independent clauses are in all four sentence structures.

Examples:



(1) [(Nobody),(hero or not),(really)(wants)(to rush)(into(a fire.))][(Because)(fire)(burns.)] Page 63, Chapter 7 of Kathe Koja's Buddha Boy .

(2) [(A lie cannot live.)] - Martin Luther King Jr.[Laura Hill]Quote of the Day

(3) [(Love is a serious mental disease.)] - Plato (BC 427 – BC 347) GreekPhilosopher


DependentAdjective (relative) clause

Definition: A dependent adjective clause is a collection of words with a subjectand verb combination but does not express a complete thought, unlike the

independent clause. Dependent clauses are only in complex and compound-complex sentence structures. A dependent adjective (relative) clause is likean adjective modifier of a noun and/or pronoun.

Examples:

(1) [[(The best)(for(the group))(comes)][(when(everyone)(in(the group))(does)][(what)('s)(best)(for(himself) and (the group.))]] - John Forbes Nash Jr.

[Fiona Sarzin]



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(2) [[[It was(n't) as bad ][as picking(on(a real person,))]][(it)(was) like (he)((somehow) deserved)(it,) right?]] Page 69, Chapter 8 of Kathe Koja's BuddhaBoy .

(3) [[Spring is the season] [when everything blooms.]]




DependentNoun clause

Definition: A dependent noun clause is a collection of words with a subject andverb combination but does not express a complete thought, unlike theindependent clause. Dependent clauses are only in complex and compound-

complex sentence structures. A dependent noun clause is like a noun, whichincludes many things like a subject, direct object and prepositions.

(1) [[(The best)(for(the group))(comes)][(when(everyone)(in(the group))(does)[(what)('s)(best)(for(himself) and (the group.))]] - John Forbes Nash Jr.

[Fiona Sarzin]Quote of the Day

(2) [[(I)(used)(to be him);][(a hungry ghost)(with(a god))inside.)]] Page 85, Chapter 10 of Kathe Koja's Buddha Boy .

(3) I wonder [what is making Anna so unhappy.]




DependentAdverb

Definition: A dependent adjverb clause is a collection of words with a subject

and verb combination but does not express a complete thought, unlike theindependent clause. Dependent clauses only in complex sentence structures.An adverb clause is like an adverb modifying the verb, another adverb and/or anadjective.

Examples:

(1) [[(Hard work)(beats)(talent)][when(talent(fails)(to work hard.)]] - KevinDurant

[Nik Raesvic] Quote of the Day

(2) [[[It was(n't) as bad ][as picking(on(a real person,))]][(it)(was) like (he)((somehow) deserved)(it,) right?]] Page 69, Chapter 8 of Kathe Koja's BuddhaBoy .

(3) The otter surfaced [when we looked the other way.]




Prepositional phrase

Definition: A prepositional phrase has a preposition and an object.

Exercises in the Structure of English, second book by Gordon H. Allison,M.A. Defines, “A preposition joins and relates a phrase to the word it modifies.”

Example:

(1) George walked into the room and sat in an easy chair. Page 7 of: Exercises inthe Structure of English, second book by Gordon H. Allison, M.A.

(2) [[(I)(used)(to be him)];[(a hungry ghost)(with(a god)) inside.)]]

(3) [[(The best)(for (the group))( comes)][( when (everyone)( in (the group))(does)][( what) ('s) (best) (for (himself) and (the group).

- John Forbes Nash Jr.[Fiona Sarzin]

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Appositive phrase

Definition: An appositive phrase is a noun phrase that is followed by anothernoun.

Examples:

(1) [(My brother Bob) and (my sister, Helen)(dropped in)(for lunch.] - Dr.Frogley

[Dr. Frogley]Quote of the Day

(2) [(Nobody),(hero of not),(really)(wants)(to rush)(into(a fire.))] [(Because)(fire)(burns.)] Page 63, Chapter 7 of Kathe Koja's Buddha Boy .

(3) Lily, (my little dog), barks constantly.




Participle

Definition: A participle phrase is like an adjective phrase and it is followed by anoun or pronoun.

Examples:

(1) [[(The best)(for(the group))(comes)][(when(everyone)(in(the group))(does)[(what)('s)(best)(for(himself) and (the group.))]] - John Forbes Nash Jr.

[Fiona Sarzin]

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(2) [[(All religions)((are)(about)(the same thing)(really)],(((are)(n't)(they?)]] Page 48, Chapter 5 of Kathe Koja's Buddha Boy .

(3) The horse (trotting up to the fence) hopes you have an apple or carrot togive him.





Infinitive phrase

Definition: An infinitive phrase begins with the word to, followed by a verb it willall so have objects and or modifiers. It can function as a noun, adjective oradverb.

Examples:

(1) [(It)('s)(never too late)(to be)[(what)(you)(might have been.)]] - George Eliot[Andrew Zeigler]

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(2) [[(I)(used)(to be him)];[(a hungry ghost)(with(a god)) inside.)]] Page 85, Chapter 10 of Kathe Koja's Buddha Boy .

(3) How's it going (to be) when your not around. - How's It Going To Be by ThirdEye Blind





Gerund phrase

Definition: A gerund phrase will include a gerund, objects and modifiers. Gerundphrases function as nouns.

Examples:

(1) (Eating ice cream on a windy day) can be a messy experience if you havelong, untamed hair.

(2) A more disastrous activity for long-haired people is (blowing giant bubblegum bubbles with the car windows down.)

(3) Wild food adventures require (getting your hair cut to a short, safelength.)




Simple sentence structure

Definition: A simple sentence structure contains one subject verb combination,expresses a complete thought and is also known as an independent clause.

Examples:

(1) [(You)((Live)(long) and (prosper.))] - Captain Spock[Sydney Hartford]Quote of the Day

(2) [(They)(do)(good(stuff)), right?]

Page 93, Chapter 12 of Kathe Koja's Buddha Boy .

(3) That bridge is on fire. - Islands by the XX




Compound sentence structure

Definition: A complex sentence structure has one independent clause joinedby two or more dependent clauses. It also has a subordinator such as; because,after, since.

Examples:

(1) [[(Screws)(fall out)(all the time)],[(the world)(is)(an imperfectplace.)]]

– John Bender

[Hetty Roi]Quote of the Day

(2) [(It' s)(Just that),(just a (pen-and-ink))tree) but (it)(was) – (perfect.)]] Page 21. Chapter 2 of Kathe Koja's Buddha Boy .

(3) Every sentence spoken by Napoleon, and every line of his writing,deserves reading, as it is the sense of France. - Ralph Waldo Emerson



Compound-complex sentence structure

Definition: A compound-complex sentence structure has two or more

independent clauses and one dependent clause.

Examples:

(1) [[Life is not measured by the number of breaths] [(that) we take,] but[(life is measured) by the moments] [that take our breath away.]]

- Maya Angelou[Chelsea Liedke]Quote of the Day

(2) [[[(It)was(n't) as bad][as picking(on(a real person)),]][(it)(waslike(he((somehow) deserved)(it), right?]]Page 69, Chapter 8 of Kathe Koja's Buddha Boy .

(3)




Statement sentence

Definition: A statement sentence always ends in a period. It states an idea, fact orargument.

Examples:

(1) [[(The greatest mistake)[(you(can make)(in life](is) (to continually beafraid}][(you)(will)one.)]] - Elbert G. Hubbart

[Violet Nicholson]Quote of the Day

(2) [[If(I)(tried)(to get even)][(I)('d be)(worse)[than(he)(is.)]]] (worse) Page 60, Chapter 6 of Kathe Koja's Buddha Boy .

(3) Heaven is a place on earth with you. - Video Games by Lana Del Rey





Question sentence

Definition: A question sentence asks the audience a question, it ends in aquestion mark. It asks for a reply.

Examples:

(1) [[(All religions)((are)(about))(the same thing)(really)],[((are)(n't)(they?))]]

Page 48, Chapter 5 of Kathe Koja's Buddha Boy .

(2) Why can't I speak whenever I talk about you? - Why Can't I by Liz Phair

(3)




Command sentence

Definition: A command sentence starts with a verb and the subject is alwaysimplied. It can end in a period of exclamation mark.

Examples:

(1) [(You) ((Live)(long) and (prosper.))] - Captain Spock[Sydney Hartford]Quote of the Day

(2) Give me, give me! - Juliet Capulet, Page 147, Line 121, Act 4, Scene 1 of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet .

(3) (You) Leave now!




Exclamation sentence

Definition: An exclamation sentence expresses an emotion.

Examples:

(1) A jealous hood, a jealous hood! - Capulet, Page 157, Line 13, Act 4, Scene

4 of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet .

(2) I write music with an exclamation point! - Richard Wagner

(3)




Mixed sentence

Definition: A mixed sentence is two or more sentence purposes mixed together.

Examples:

(1) [(They)(do)(good(stuff)), right?] Page 93, Chapter 12 of Kathe Koja'sBuddha Boy .

(2) [(It)was(n't) was bad][as picking(on(a real person))]],[(it)(was) like(he)((somehow) deserved)(it), right? Page 69, Chapter 8 of Kathe Koja'sBuddha Boy.



Subject + Action Transitive Verb + Object(s)



Subject + Linking Verb + (Modifier(s))



Subject + Linking Verb + Subject Completion(Noun or Adjective)



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