Grammar: Worksheets & Printables. Basic Sentence Structure. TOEFL Practice Tests,Free Exercises,Study Material. English sentence structure/Exercises. This page is used in this Wikibook page: Rhetoric and Composition/Teacher's Handbook/Teaching Sentence Structure Basic Sentence Models[edit] Students are to copy the model sentence and then write 2 or 3 (or more, if you choose) sentences using the same structure—no more, no less. I teach ELL students, so I also insist on keeping the given verb tense, because I want them working on past tense irregular verbs or –ed endings or –s endings in present tense.
Basic Sentence Models: Intransitive[edit] Pattern: N – V; Adj – N – V; Adj – N – Adv – V; Adj – N – Adv – V - PP; add “free modifiers”, compound subject; compound verb 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Basic Sentence Models: Linking Verbs[edit] Sentence Patterns: N/P – V – Adj; N/P – V – N; N/P – V – Adj – N; N/P – V – N – N; N/P – N/P – V – Adj; N/P – V – V – VP; free modifiers 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. Basic Sentence Models: Transitive Verbs[edit] 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. Explanations, Examples, Exercises in English grammar for ESL students and teachers. JOIN THE ESLgold COMMUNITY We will enter you into the drawing for the iPod on Dec 31st and add you to our monthly newsletter.
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