NORMAL SENTANCE PATTERN IN ENGLISH

[alfargoniy]

In CLIFF'S TOEFL NORMAL SENTANCE PATTERN IN ENGLISH is given as follows

Subject+Verb+Complement+Modifier

I couldn't identify them in the following sentences

1. I am too tired.
2. She is a teacher.
3. I'm just going to make it.

 

[MikeNewYork]

In CLIFF'S TOEFL NORMAL SENTANCE PATTERN IN ENGLISH is given as follows

Subject+Verb+Complement+Modifier

I couldn't identify them in the following sentences

1. I am too tired.
2. She is a teacher.
3. I'm just going to make it.

Is this a homework assignment?

 

[alfargoniy]

Is this a homework assignment?

No, it is not.

1. "I" is a subject. "am" is a verb. Is "too tired" a complement?

 

[MikeNewYork]

No, it is not.

1. "I" is a subject. "am" is a verb. Is "too tired" a complement?

Yes. "Tired" is a predicate adjective that describes the subject. "Too" is an adverb modifying the adjective. Together "too tired" is the complement of the linking verb "am".

 

[MikeNewYork]

No, it is not.

1. "I" is a subject. "am" is a verb. Is "too tired" a complement?

Now, try #2.

 

[alfargoniy]

2. "She" - subject. "is" - verb. "a teacher" is complement.
3. "I" - subject. "am just going" - verb. "to make it" - complement.

Correct?

 

[MikeNewYork]

2. "She" - subject. "is" - verb. "a teacher" is complement.
3. "I" - subject. "am just going" - verb. "to make it" - complement.

Correct?

2. Yes. In this sentence, "a teacher" is a predicate nominative (noun) which restates the subject.

3. This is a but more complicated. The verb is "am going". "Just" is an adverb modifying the verb.
"To make it" is an infinitive phrase that acts as the complement of the verb.

 

[alfargoniy]

How about the followings

1. John told Mary to close the door.
2. Lucie feels bad about her grades.
3. She dances much more artistically than her predecessor.


1. "John"-subject, "told"-verb, "Mary to close the door"-complement.
2. "Lucie"-subject, "feels"-verb, "bad about her grades"-complement.
3. "She"-subject, "dances"-verb, "much more artistically than her predecessor"-modifier.