English Sentence Patterns

Sentence Machine

Scrambled Sentences

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• 5 Basic Sentence Patterns
  • Subject + Verb
    I swim. Joe swims. They swam.
  • Subject + Verb + Object
    I drive a car. Joe plays the guitar. They ate dinner.
  • Subject + Verb + Complement
    I am busy. Joe became a doctor. They look sick.
  • Subject + Verb + Indirect Object + Direct Object
    I gave her a gift. She teaches us English.
  • Subject + Verb + Object + Complement
    I left the door open. We elected him president. They named her Jane.
• Tenses
  • Present Continuous
    I am swimming. Joe is sleeping. They are jogging.
  • Present Simple
    I play tennis. He swims every day. I usually swim for two hours.
  • Present Perfect
    I have eaten. He has just come home. They've already gone.
  • Past Simple
    I rested. He played tennis yesterday. They drove to Boston.
  • Past Continuous
    I was sleeping. She was cooking a while ago. They were talking.
  • Past Perfect
    I had already seen it. He had played tennis.
• Other
  • Possession
    I have a camera. He owns a car. This house belongs to them.
  • Location
    I am here. He swims in the river. They live in the mountains.
  • It's fun to swim. (Using adjectives similar to fun.)
    It isn't healthy to smoke. Smoking is dangerous.
  • They agreed to swim. (Using verbs similar to agree.)
    He didn't desire to work. They like to play.
  • They asked him to swim. (Using verbs similar to ask.)
    He didn't advise me to work. They often encourage me to work harder.
  • They enjoy swimming. (Using verbs similar to enjoy.)
    He didn't advise me to work. They often encourage me to work harder.

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