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From the sentence pattern table, you already know S, V, O1, O2, C, pN, A.
They tell us the job/duty of a sentence part.
| S | V | O1 | O2 | C | pN/ A | |
| SV | I | grow. | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| SVA | I | wake | ... | ... | ... | up. |
| SVC1 SVC2 |
I I |
am am |
... | ... | a boy happy. |
... |
| SV0 | I | like | my work | ... | ... | ... |
| SVOO | It | gives | me | new skills | ... | ... |
| SVOC1 SVOC2 |
They It |
call makes |
me me |
... | Messi! proud |
... |
| SVOA | I | keep | my hopes | .. | .. | to myself. |
Now, we want to know how they are made up, what they are made of, etc.
| S,O1,O2, C | Noun, or Noun Phrase |
| V | Verb Phrase |
| C | Adjective, or Adjective Phrase |
| A | Adverb, or Adverb Phrase |
| pN | Preposition + (Noun or Noun Phrase) |
See how the S and O columns grow and expand.
| S | V | O | O | C | pN/ A | |
| SV0 | I | like | Mary | ... | ... | ... |
| SV0 | The boys | like | Mary | ... | ... | ... |
| SV0 | The tall boys | like | Mary | ... | ... | ... |
| SV0 | The tall boys in that class | like | Mary | ... | ... | ... |
| SV0 | Mary | likes | me | ... | ... | ... |
| SV0 | Mary | likes | the boys | ... | ... | ... |
| SV0 | Mary | likes | the kind boys | ... | ... | ... |
| SV0 | Mary | likes | the kind boys from that town | ... | ... | ... |
| SV0 | Mary | likes | the boys who are playing in the rain | ... | ... | ... |
| SV0 | Mary | likes | the boys playing in the rain | ... | ... | ... |
| SV0 | Mary | likes | the boys who are praised by her teacher | ... | ... | ... |
| SV0 | Mary | likes | the boys praised by her teacher | ... | ... | ... |
quickly ==> very quickly
quickly ==> as quickly as you can
in a park
near a park
inside a park
outside a park
to a park
for our town park
to win ==> to win fairly
to win for the club and the country
for my mother
for the sake of my mother
before 8 o'clock
after 8 o'clock
at 8 o'clock
See how the N column grows and expands.
| Preposition | N | |
| pN | for | Mary |
| pN | for | my daughter Mary |
| pN | for | my daughter Mary dancing there |
| pN | for | my daughter Mary who always helps Mum in the kitchen |
| pN | to | Mary |
| pN | to | my daughter Mary |
| pN | to | my daughter Mary dancing there |
| pN | to | my daughter Mary who always helps Mum in the kitchen |
| pN | with | Mary |
| pN | with | my daughter Mary |
| pN | with | my daughter Mary dancing there |
| pN | with | my daughter Mary who always helps Mum in the kitchen |
good ==> very good
good ==> as good as my friend
better than my friend
a lot better than my friend
a little better than my friend
China-made, China-make
(the girl) in front of the class
(the girl) behind the class
(the girl) coming to our class
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