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What are the 7 basic sentence patterns?

GeneralClass 12AllAnswered 27 Mar 2026
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The seven basic patterns are: (1) Subject + Verb (S-V): Birds fly, (2) Subject + Verb + Object (S-V-O): She reads books, (3) Subject + Verb + Complement (S-V-C): He is happy, (4) Subject + Verb + Indirect Object + Direct Object (S-V-IO-DO): She gave him flowers, (5) Subject + Verb + Object + Complement (S-V-O-C): They elected her president, (6) Subject + Verb + Adverbial (S-V-A): She lives here, (7) Subject + Verb + Object + Adverbial (S-V-O-A): He put the book there

General · Class 12