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American Literature
Sentence Types
| Type 1 | Be with an adverbial of time or place | subject-predicating
verb-adverbial of time or place
NP-BE-adverb/adverb phrase/prepositional phrase |
The instructions are inside. |
| Type 2 | Be with a predicate adjective | subject-predicating
verb-subject complement
NP-BE-adjective/adjective phrase/prepositional phrase |
The students are diligent. |
| Type 3 | Be with a predicate noun | subject-predicating
verb-subject complement
NP-BE-NP |
The students are scholars. |
| Type 4 | Linking verb with predicate adjective | subject-predicating
verb-subject complement
NP-Linking verb-adjective/adjective phrase/prepositional phrase |
The students seem diligent. |
| Type 5 | Linking verb with predicate noun | subject-predicating
verb-subject complement
NP-Linking verb-NP |
The students became scholars. |
| Type 6 | Intransitive | subject-predicating
verb.
NP-intransitive verb |
The students rested. |
| Type 7 | Basic Transitive | subject-predicating
verb-direct object
NP-transitive verb-NP |
The students studied their assignment. |
| Type 8 | Transitive with indirect object | subject-predicating
verb-indirect object-direct object
NP-transitive verb-NP-NP |
The students gave the teacher their assignment. |
| Type 9 | Transitive with predicate adjective | subject-predicating
verb-direct object-object complement
NP-transitive verb-NP-adjective/adjective phrase/prepositional phrase |
The students consider the teacher intelligent. |
| Type 10 | Transitive with predicate noun | subject-predicating
verb-direct object-object complement
NP-transitive verb-NP-NP |
The students consider the course a challenge. |
