Basic Sentence Pattern

A. Pattern 1
Noun + be + Adjective

Ex: 

Food is good.

That food is very good.

B. Pattern 2
Noun + be + Adverb
Ex:
The ping-pong table is downstairs.
The game was yesterday.

C. Pattern 3
Noun1 + be + Noun2

Ex:

My mother is a doctor.

This is she.

It's me.

D. Pattern 4
Noun + Intransitive Verb

Ex:

girls smile.

The sportsman finished.

E. Pattern 5

Noun1 + Transitive Verb + Noun2

Ex:

The girl bought a dress.

She saw himself.

F. Pattern 6
Noun1 + Transitive Verb + Noun2 + Noun3

Ex:

The mother bought the girl a dress.

G. Pattern 7
Noun1 + Transitive Verb + Noun2

a) Noun2

Ex:

The basketball team chose Charlotte captain.

b) Adjective

Ex: 

He considered her brilliant.

c) Pronoun

Ex:

I thought the caller you. (he, she...)

d) Adverb (of place)

Ex:

We sopposed him upstairs.

e) Verb (present continuous)

Ex:

I Imagined her eating.

f) Verb (Past participle)

Ex:

I believed him seated.

g) Preposition + Noun

Ex:

We considered him in her way.

h) Infinitive + Noun

Ex: 

We thought Chico to be a fine player.

H. Pattern 8 

Noun1 + Linking Verb + Adjective

Ex:

The acrobat seems young.

I. Pattern 9 
Noun1 + Linking Verb + Noun2
Ex:
My sister remained an outstanding student.

Prof. Francisco Araújo