文档介绍：Doctorate English Program Academic Writing Course
Slide Series 2
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Announcements
Teacher Tim’s email:
******@gucas.
Mobile: **********
No Class next week due to the National Day holiday except Thurs. classes, which will meet on Sat. Oct. 8 at the regular times, ., 8am and 10am.
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Sentence Structure
Ten sentence patterns account for the underlying skeletal structure of almost all the possible grammatical sentences in English. They all have mon the subject and the predicate (functions). These functions can also be described in terms of form: Noun Phrase and Verb Phrase.
SENTENCE
Predicate
VP
(Verb Phrase)
Subject
NP
(Noun Phrase)
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The be Patterns
NP be ADV/TP
(subject) (predicating verb) (adverbial of time or place)
The students are upstairs
NP be ADJ
(subject) (predicating verb) (plement)
The students are diligent
NP1 be NP1
(subject) (predicating verb) (plement)
The students are scholars
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The teacher is here
The last performance was yesterday
(subject) (predicating verb) (adverb of time or place)
NP be ADV/TP
You are out of your mind
The play was very dull
(subject) (predicating verb) (plement)
NP be ADJ
Professor Mendez is my math teacher
The tournament was an exciting event
(subject) (predicating verb) (plement)
NP1 be NP1
The be Patterns
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The Linking Verb Patterns
NP linking verb ADJ
(subject) (predicating verb) (plement)
The students seem diligent
NP1 linking verb NP1
(subject) (predicating verb) (plement)
The students became scholars
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I grew sleepy
The soup tastes salty
(subject) (predicating verb) (plement)
NP linking verb ADJ
My uncle remained a bachelor
You look a mess
(subject) (predicating verb) (plement)
NP1 linking verb NP1
The Linking Verb Patterns
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The Intransitive Verb Pattern
NP V-int
(subject) (predicating verb)
The students rested
Mary laughed
The visitors from Beijing arrived
The students rested after their long trip.
Mary laughed loudly.
The visitors from Beijing f