TOP 20 SENTENCE PATTERS OF ENGLISH

There are around 20 top sentence patterns of English. Learning these patterns will teach you how to combine short,  basic sentences into longer ones and so to express your ideas in a more elegant way.

PATTERN 2 

Subject - Verb - Direct Object or Subject Complement ; Subject - , ( in the place of the omitted verb ) - Direct Object or Subject Complement

This pattern can be used when you don't want to repeat the same verb in the second or third clause. To use it successfully, you have to develop your feeling whether the sentence sounds clear or not. If it does not, it might be not the right time to use this pattern.

EXAMPLES

His mother told him to rent a car; his sister, to pack the suitcase.

For many of us, the new math teacher was a savior; for others, a pain.


PROFESSIONAL EXAMPLES

'Thought is the blossom; language , the bud; action, the fruit.' Ralph Waldo Emerson


ALSO READ OUR POST ABOUT PATTERN 1


Source : adapted from " The Art of Styling Sentences' by A. Longknife & K. D. Sullivan   Find this book on Amazon

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TOP 20 SENTENCE PATTERS OF ENGLISH

There are around 20 top sentence patterns of English. Learning these patterns will teach you how to combine short,  basic sentences into longer ones and so to express your ideas in a more elegant way.

PATTERN 1

Subject  - Verb ;  Subject - Verb

This pattern helps you join 2 short sentences that talk about similar ideas using a semicolon ( ; ).

EXAMPLES

Gloria, try on these jeans; they seem to be your size.
Some people dream of being something; others are awake and are.

PROFESSIONAL EXAMPLES

Study these examples to notice how this pattern is used to combine closely related ideas.


' He who knows others is wise; he who knows himself is enlightened." Lao-tzu

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Source : adapted from " The Art of Styling Sentences' by A. Longknife & K. D. Sullivan Find this book on Amazon

CHECK YOUR VOCABULARY

 Hi ! Do you know that you should have a certain size of your vocabulary to score 6.0 - 7.0 IELTS ? For example, to score 6.0 IELTS your vocabulary should be somewhere around 5000 - 6500 word families min. Here is an excellent Vocabulary Test  to do a preliminary check-up. 

Vocabulary Test Recognition 1-14k

Vocabulary Test Productive 2k-14k including UWL ( University Word List)