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Verb Pattern 6

Today we will continue to discuss about Verb Pattern 6 . This pattern will be far different of the previous pattern. There are two additions we will find after the verb; Noun/Pronoun and Adjective . Study this following structure: Subject + Verb + Noun/Pronoun + Adjective For example: I found the box empty . How do we understand this pattern? . The key is at the verb. Here, the verb which is used is certain verbs. So , we can not use all verbs to make this pattern. The verbs I mean like, get, keep, beat, drive, make, paint, leave, turn, find, like, wish , etc. How do we know that this or that verb is correct based on the usage? To know what verb is correct (certain verb) based on the pattern above is to say everything which has an adjective in the end. For example: She makes me sad . Pay close attention that the adjective /sad/ denotes a state that results from the action expressed by the verb. It shows how the verb is.  Noun/Pronoun Noun/pronoun is placed between the verb an

Verb Pattern 5

Subject + Verb + Direct Object + Preposition + Prepositional Object Study this follows and compare to Verb Pattern 4! I lend some books to her sister . The sentence above discusses about Indirect and direct object in less important usage ( read back VP.4 ). In this pattern (VP.5), we are going to find the additions (preposition and prepositional object). Preposition in this pattern is the same as in Verb Pattern 4. It indicates the use of indirect object. Let's get back to the previous pattern! I lend her some books. I lend them to her . In Verb Pattern 4 above, we can see the use of /to/ to show that indirect object is being used after the preposition. In Verb Pattern 5, we will emphasize the position of /to/ or preposition as prepositional phrase. Because the preposition is placed in the direct object, we may call it "Prepositional Object". For example: I lend some books to her sister . When we see the bold part of the sentence, it is a phrase. Do you still

Verb Pattern 4

Verb Pattern 4 Subject + verb + Indirect Object + Direct Object     In the previous discussion, we discussed what direct object is. Here, we will go to the detail and find out how direct and indirect object exist in a sentence. Verb is a very important element in a sentence. It can change and determine what color the sentence will be as well as IO (Indirect Object) and DO (Direct Object). Before we discuss both obejects, we have to know that not all sentences can be added IO and DO. It depends on the verb. What types of verb? The verb which is used in the sentence which has IO and DO must be certain verbs. The most important thing is that the verb must be in Transitive Verb. Transitive verb is a verb which can be placed one object or two after it and can be changed into the passive voice. For example: (Active) She gave him the instruction. (Passive) He was given the instruction by her . I tell him the issues . I inform him my plans . He shows me the way . They give me a n

Verb Pattern 3

Verb Pattern 3 Subject + Verb + Direct Object In this pattern, we will discuss direct object which is placed after the verb. For example: I post the letter . She opened the window . /the letter/ or /the window/ is the direct object. It is placed after the verb /post/ and /opened/. Direct object is an object which indicates true relation to the verb. In other words, the direct object is a noun, pronoun or noun phrase which is directly pointed at the verb's target . Study this follows! I give the flower. I give her. The flower is the direct object. What I give is the flower. So, there is a tight relation between the verb /give/ and the object /the flower/. That will be different of the second sentence where the object is /her/. what I give is not /her/ but the flower. It is because the verb /give/ means t o hand over (to somebody) without payment or exchange . (source: Oxford dvanced Learners Dictionary of Current English, A S Hornby, rev.Ed.1987 ). It means that

Verb Pattern 2

Verb Pattern 2 Subject + Verb + Complement Complement is a word or more which is placed after a verb to make complete sense. The verb should not be in transitive verb. In this case or pattern, we will see that the verb "be", linking verb and the verb "become" will have complements  and be used to make a complete sense. In other words, complement will appear when the three kinds of verbs are used. For example: I am a nurse. ( am, is, are, was, were, be ) She looks sad. ( look, appear, seem, turn, get, go, grow ) He becomes an school gardener. ( become ) See that, in verb pattern two, complement is placed after verb. There are 3 kinds of Verbs which can be used in this pattern: 1.the verb " be " 2. Linking verb 3.Verb " become " The verb "be" "Be" is a verb when it is used in Nominal sentence and an auxilliary when it is used in verbal sentence. For example: She is lazy girl. (/is/ is the verb which be

VERB PATTERN: ONE

There are 20 to 36 verb patterns in English language. They indicate how verbs are structured or built in sentences. What do they look like? All verb patterns will be posted and discussed in this page step by step and I hope that I can give you the details. Verb Pattern 1 Subject + Verb . For example: Tom sleeps . Sun rises . She is crying . The italic words are verbs. They are intransitive verbs which have complete sense and do not need other words to describe the action or what the subjects do. Compare the following sentences: (1) He helps me . (2) He helps. In sentence (1), there is an object (objective pronoun /me/) after the verb transitive verb /helps/. In sentence (2), we find that there is no objects placed there. In sentence (2), the sentence does not have complete sense. It must be added what or who he helps even what for. In sentence (1), it has complete sense because it has an object after the verb /helps/. When the Intransitive verb is used, the object

How To Get Better Translation Via Google Translate

Have you ever translated your documents or articles by using Google Translate ? If yes, what's your opinion? are your articles good enough? is there something wrong with the result of the translation. Do not blame google for the translation. It's just a machine and needs you to give it feedback by submitting your suggestion. Translating is a kind of process of exchange languages, e.g. from Indonesian to English or vice verse. In this opportunity, I want to give you some tips to go with the google translate . I just want to give you little contribution that I think it is good to try by all 3nglish7's subscribers and all English learners as a second language. As a second language, English has its own unique characters, either in structure/grammar or pronunciation. Sometimes we tend to force other languages to be the same as ours. The language patterns or structures must be different from one language to others. Indonesia, for instance, has many native languages and mostly

More About Verb In English

Based on the requests sent to my email (oshinmc@gmail.com), mostly students who learn English as a second language still get confused the world of Verb. I have informed them to browse the lessons in this blog but they said that I have to summarize all discussions about verbs in English. To understand the verbs we need to learn it intensively. I do not mean this will make you frustrated in learning English, but that's the fact. Here, I try to discuss and to summarize what actually verb is. Verb is an action . Action, in this case, is not always a deed which is physically done by a thing, an animal or human. It can be an abstract thing, e.g. I am thinking. /thinking/ is an abstract action. It is located in our mind and does something based on its characteristic . It is different of physical action like, /write/, e.g. I write., which can be seen physically. There are two kinds of verb in English. This statement refers to general kinds of verb, fundamentally, should be understood fir

Conflict "S" In English Language

There are many kinds of suffixes in English language, e.g. /-s/, /-es/, /-d/, /-ed/, /-ing/, etc. All the suffixes have their own rules. For non native speakers, sometimes, we get difficult of which the suffix or the apostrophe /s/ should be used. Compare this following example: That is the desk 's foot. There are five desk s in the classroom. She like s my song. He 's the only one in my life. She 's gone. From the sentences above, I do not mean to specify or to compare the two or more things which has far different in their own discussion. Here, I just want to discuss that, when we learn English we will find the "s" and will be a bad homework when we do not know what they are and when they are being used. I try to classify the /s/ and I found 4 kinds of /s/ in English: 1. Apostrophe /s/ 2. /s/ in plural noun. 3. /s/ as a suffix of verb in positive verbal of simple present tense . 4. /s/ as the abbreviation of verb "be" or auxiliaries . Apost

Omission of Articles

Articles ( a , an or the ) is known as a determiner of nouns or noun phrases. However, we do not always use the articles. There are several rules where the articles can not be placed before the noun. 1. Before a common noun.Common noun is something which is used in its widest sense: For example: What kinds of flower is that? /Flower/ here is a common noun. We then do not place an article /a/ before the noun /flower/. 2. Before the names of materials: For example: Gold is something that attracts most of women. The princess wears gown which is made of silk . 3. Before Proper nouns: For example: Jakarta is the capital of Indonesia. Notice that when the article is used before proper nouns, they become common nouns. ( Wren & Martin , 1986). For example: He was the Napolion in his age. Napolion is a name of a person. It should be a proper noun. However, when the article /the/ places before the name, it automatically becomes a common noun. /The Napolion in his age/ does not