Sentence Structure

 

 To All My ESL Friends

I see you way far away,

dreaming under a pink sky.

English learners many word order patterns for sentences.

Here is one basic pattern:

 

'What the sentence is about' or 'subject' is first

then 'what action' is happening (verb)

then the action is happening 'to what or when or who'?

 

Create simple sentences like:

I am here.

You are there.

China is 'in the southern latitudes.'

USA is 'in the northern latitudes.'

I drive to Mexico.

Asteroid 2012DA14 comes close Friday.

I write 'novels and essays'.

You write a blog.

You are a blogger. 

You enjoy blogging.

It is high noon.

I hear a rooster.

He crows all day.

Eastern Europeans sell crystals here.

Iranian rugs are beautiful.

German schnitzel is good.

Gobekli Tepe is the oldest. 

Homo Erectus bones were found in China.

Homo Erectus bones were lost at sea during World War II.

You could find them.

 

Much can be expressed using this elemental sentence pattern.  The punctuation marks are not necessary, and are only there to illustrate that these parts may consist of more than one word.   This pattern limits the thoughts that can be developed, so one must learn other patterns.......

Sorry about the deviation from the usual topics but I wanted to talk ESL for a few minutes.  Sentence diagramming in English is a good source for sentence patterns.

 

                                               Eclipse of the Sun 2012