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The seven basic sentence patterns are: SV,SVO,SVC,SVA,SVOO,SVOC,SVOA.
According to this,would you please help me identify the structure of the following sentences? Thank you!
1.I just pretended that I hadn't heard anything.
2.We didn't have a good time.
3.I asked him to write me a letter if possible.
4.I really owed a lot to him.
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The seven basic sentence patterns are: SV,SVO,SVC,SVA,SVOO,SVOC,SVOA.
According to this,would you please help me identify the structure of the following sentences? Thank you!
1.I just pretended that I hadn't heard anything.
2.We didn't have a good time.
3.I asked him to write me a letter if possible.
4.I really owed a lot to him.
4. I really owed a lot to him.
I (S) really (adv) owed (V) a lot (O) to him (indirect O)
(I'm assuming A is adverbial phrase).
Why don't you have a go first with the others?
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4.I really owed a lot to him.
hello! I would say that to him is an object of the preposition. To have an indirect object you may say. I really owed him a lot. There you have the pattern S (A) V IO DO: I have written the adverbial between brackets because it an optional structure.
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3.I asked him to write me a letter if possible.
I (S) asked (V) him (ID) to write me a letter (DO)
About if possible, I am not sure. probably it is an adverbial.
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