Technical English–Sentence Pattern Analysis Key

Anna University

Technical English

ANALYSIS - KEY

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John	is	a nice and clever boy
Subject	verb	Subject predicative

He	gets up	at nine o’clock	and	goes	to school	five days a week
Subject	Verb	Time adverbial	Conjunction	Verb	Place adverbial	Time adverbial

He	has	two sisters and three pet animals
Subject	Verb	Object

The boy in the corner	is	my friend
Subject	Verb	Subject predicative

The man who is standing over there	is	Peter’s uncle
Subject	Verb	Subject predicative

I	saw	the man who hit your brother
Subject	Verb	Object

Are	you	always	tired?
Verb	Subject	Time adverbial	Subject predicative

She	gave	me	a very nice present
Subject	Verb	Indirect object	Direct object

I	adore	aunt Sarah
Subject	Verb	Object

Where	do	you	live?
Place adverbial	Verb	Subject	Verb

Who	came	to the party	last night?
Subject	Verb	Place adverbial	Time adverbial

He	stole	80 kr.	from me
Subject	Verb	Direct object	Oblique object

She	went	quickly	out the door	and	slammed	it
Subject	Verb	Adverbial of manner	Place adverbial	conjunction	Verb	Object

Dora	found	the book	exiting
Subject	Verb	Object	Object predicative

The book	is	exiting
Subject	Verb	Subject predicative

The book	is	on the table
Subject	Verb	Place adverbial

Dora	finished	the book	last night
Subject	Verb	Object	Time adverbial

 

He	saw	the man with the stick
Subject	Verb	Object

He	hit	the man	with the stick
Subject	Verb	Object	Adverbial of agent
Meaning: he used the stick to hit the man

Or:

He	hit	the man with the stick
Subject	Verb	Object

They all	turned	red
Subject	Verb	Subject predicative

They all	turned	right
Subject	Verb	Place adverbial

She	sounded	convincing
Subject	Verb	Subject predicative

She	sounded	the trumpet
Subject	Verb	Object

I	put	the cake	on the table
Subject	Verb	Object	Place adverbial

I	like	the cake on the table
Subject	Verb	Object