MindMap Gallery Clause structure and basic sentence patterns
This is a mind map about clause structure and basic sentence patterns. The main content includes: basic sentence patterns and their significance for English learning, clause structure-subject and predicate.
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Clause structure and basic sentence patterns
Clause structure - subject and predicate
Structural features of the subject
The structure of the subject. The subject is usually equivalent to the topic of the clause. It specifies what the sentence is about. The subject is information that both parties in the communication already know. It is the starting point for information transmission. Therefore, the subject usually has some transactional or substantive words. Express features
Usually a noun phrase or a grammatical structure equivalent to a noun phrase
Actions speak louder than words. Actions speak louder than words.
An Idie brain is a devil's workshop, idleness is the root of all evil
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Structural Characteristics of Predicate
Structural characteristics of predicates: Predicates explain the subject, are partly the starting point for information transmission, and are the new information that the speaker wants to convey. The predicate is usually longer than the subject, has a more complex structure, and is verbal. It usually uses a verb phrase as the central component. It is this verb phrase and its complementary components that make the clause structure narrative or descriptive.
Predicate verbs of different natures determine whether they should be followed by complements (object complements) and what kind of complements they should be.
double predicate
The predicate structure consisting of two predicates combined into one is a common grammatical phenomenon.
He left home a mere child and returned an old man
Everyone stood listening Iintently
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Double predicates are different from coordinating predicates. Double predicates combine two predicates into one, while coordinating predicates are the combination of two predicates.
Comparison of English and Chinese subject-predicate structures
The subject comes first and the predicate comes after. A complete sentence in English generally requires a main clause.
In English, the predicate is verbal, and it usually takes a predicate verb as its structural core.
Basic sentence patterns and their significance to English learning
Basic sentence patterns
Main-active-complementary [SVC] structure
In this structure, the predicate verb is usually a linking verb
The car is mine
She is in good health
Active-active [SV] structure
In this structure, the predicate verb is usually intransitive
The guests have arrived
The children are sleeping
Subject-verb-object [SVO] structure
In this structure, the predicate verb is usually a transitive verb, followed by a vacuous object and an object. The transitive verb is also called a single-object transitive verb.
I want a return ticket
Nobody could answer the question
Subject-verb-object-object [SVoO] structure
After a transitive verb, it needs to be followed by two objects: an indirect object and a direct object. This kind of verb is also called a double-object transitive verb.
I sent him an invitation to the party
Mary lent me her car
Subject-verb-object-complement [SVOC] structure
After a transitive verb, it needs to be followed by an object and an object complement. This kind of verb is also called a complex object transitive verb.
We made him our spokesman
I elected him president
The significance of mastering basic sentence patterns to English learning
The basic sentence pattern is the structural prototype of a sentence. No matter how long or complex the sentence structure is, as long as you master its structural prototype, you have grasped its basic pattern and structural framework. This will help you analyze and understand the meaning of the sentence and make accurate translations. plays a huge auxiliary role
The focus here is to understand the different ways in which subject-predicate structures are used in English and Chinese
A clause is composed of one or more phrases, so a clause is a sequence of phrases, not a sequence of words.