Clause Patterns 1-5

Clause Patterns 1–5

You have now studied the five major clause patterns:

		Subject	Linking Verb	Complement
1	equative (S=C)	John	is	a doctor.
1	equative (S=C)	Mary	was	sad.

		Subject	Verb	Indirect Object	Direct Object
2	intransitive (SV)	The moon	rose.
3	transitive (SVO)	Veronica	hit		the ball.
4	ditransitive (SVOⁱO^d)	Bob	gave	Judy	flowers.

		Dummy Subject	The Rest of the Sentence
5	dummy subject	There	is a house.
5	dummy subject	It	is important to always take notes.

Instructions for the Quiz

Identify the base clause.