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LEARNING
TEACHING
(ELT)MANAGEMEN
T
Dosen : Drs.H.M.Syarifuddin,
M.Pd
Wardah Mardiathussolihah
1209206139
PBI C/II
TARBIYAH DAN
PENDIDIKAN
UNIVERSITAS ISLAM NEGRI
SUNAN GUNUNG DJATI
BANDUNG
2010
SENTENCE
What Is a Sentence?
Common definition claims that a sentence is a complete thought. However, it is
more realistic to define a sentence as a satisfying complete pattern of intonation
or expression: that is, a complete utterance.
complex.
1. Simple
Denis works.
Pattern 1
Subject Verb
David
sings
Susan
yawned
In this pattern, the verb is not followed by any Object, and we refer to this as
an intransitive verb. If the verb is monotransitive, it takes a Direct Object,
which follows the verb:
Pattern 2
Subject
Verb
Direct Object
David
sings ballads
The jury
Subject
Verb
gave
the children
some money
My uncle
sent
me
a present
lots of questions
Adjuncts are syntactically peripheral to the rest of the sentence. They may
occur at the beginning and at the end of a sentence, and they may occur in all
three of the patterns above:
Pattern 4
(Adjunct)
Subject
Verb
Indirect
Direct Object
(Adjunct)
Object
[1] Usually
David
sings
in the bath
[2] Unfortunately
the
wants
to retire
this year
the
in
photographs
chamber
professor
[3] At the start of the the judge
trial
private
Subject Verb
5
Review The patterns for these sentences are shown in the table below:
(Adjunct)
Subject
Sentence
The
wall
Verb
collapsed
Indirect
Direct
Object
Object
(Adjunct)
=
Pattern
A
Sentence During
many
people
the war
lost
their
homes
Pattern
D
Sentence
promised the
children
a trip to
the zoo
Pattern
C
moved
was 12
to
London
Pattern
E
Sentence
Paul
hired
bicycle
Pattern
B
A. Passive voice
Poison killed him. (Active Voice)
Subject
(noun or pronoun)
predicate
subjective complement
(linking verb)
(predicate adjective)
7
Sharon
is
Raw vegetables
rich.
make
good snacks.
predicate
Noun or
transitive
pronoun
verb
The members
They
direct
object
considered
made
objective complement
(adjective)
Walter
themselves
incompetent.
comfortable.
predicate
may be true.
No plumbing
No solution
existed.
Expletive
It
linking verb
may be
There
was
There
were
complement
true
subject