Learning basic English with lessons, exercise and books free on EasyPaceLearning Grammar - Basic sentence structure Basic Sentence Structure There are five basic patterns around which most English sentences are built.* They are as follows: At the heart of every English sentence is the Subject-Verb relationship. The following sentences are examples of the S-V pattern. Note: Any action verb can be used with this sentence pattern. The following sentences are examples of the S-V-O pattern. Note: Only transitive action verbs can be used with this sentence pattern. The following sentences are examples of the S-V-Adj pattern. Note: Only linking verbs can be used with this sentence pattern. The following sentences are examples of the S-V-Adv pattern: The following sentences are examples of the S-V-N pattern. *Other, less common structures are dealt with in another unit.
GOONJ: Clothes and Respect | Listen & Read | Spotlight English Transcript Voice 1 Welcome to Spotlight. I’m Robin Basselin. Voice 2 And I’m Ryan Geertma. Suhklal lives in central India. Voice 2 One day, Suhklal heard about a way to get clothes. Suhklal decided to work with GOONJ. Today’s Spotlight is on the GOONJ organization and how it is improving life for individuals and communities in India. Voice 1 In 1998, Anshu Gupta and his wife Meenakshi heard about a crisis. The Guptas began to wonder how many people were like them. Anshu Gupta always knew that there was a need for clothes. Gupta also remembered another time when he visited a village after an earthquake. As Anshu and Meenakshi Gupta looked at their gathered clothes, they had an idea. So the Guptas began their organization and called it GOONJ. Voice 3 “One of the biggest problems with clothes donation is you give what you have. GOONJ hopes to change how people think about the act of giving and about the receiver. Voice 3 “Often, you do not give away old clothes as a gift. Voice 4