English Sentence Structure Learn English Grammar

There are several basic English sentence structures that every English speaker will be able to use.

Sentence Structure is the order in which words are placed in an English sentence. It affects not only what you are saying but how you are saying it. Basic sentence structure is important to learn because it can help you speak more clearly, or tell jokes or stories more effectively.

So this blog post will go over the following topics: The Basic Sentence Pattern, Understanding Types of Sentences, Subject-Verb Agreement, Subject-Verb Complement Patterns, Active vs Passive Voice, and Sentence Fragments. Plus there will be some examples to help illustrate the concepts.

We explore all of these topics because once you understand how they work, your understanding of the English language becomes clearer and stronger! So let’s get started.

The Basic Sentence Pattern

Sentence Structure is the order in which words are placed in an English sentence. It affects not only what you are saying but how you are saying it. Basic sentence structure is important to learn because it can help you speak more clearly, or tell jokes or stories more effectively. So this blog post will go over the following topics: The Basic Sentence Pattern, Understanding Types of Sentences, Subject-Verb Agreement, Subject-Verb Complement Patterns, Active vs Passive Voice, and Sentence Fragments.

Plus there will be some examples to help illustrate the concepts. We explore all of these topics because once you understand how they work, your understanding of the English language becomes clearer and stronger! So let’s get started. As we can see, the basic sentence structure is made up of 4 parts:

• A noun (“money”)
• A verb (“spend”)
• A preposition (“on”)
• An adverb (“often”)

Notice how these four parts are in order. If we re-arrange them, it will look like this:

Money spends on often.

The basic sentence pattern is the order in which the parts are arranged.

Understanding Types of Sentences

Now that we know the basic sentence structure, let’s take a look at the types of sentences that we can make.

Main vs. Supporting Sentences

In the above sentence, we used the basic sentence pattern to construct the main sentence. This type of sentence is called a “main sentence” because it contains the subject and the main verb.

If we wanted to express the same idea, but in a different way, we could use the basic sentence pattern to create a “supporting sentence”. A supporting sentence is a sentence that supports another sentence.

In the above example, we used a supporting sentence to express the idea of “giving a lot of money”.

Complement vs. Predicate

In the above sentence, we used a complement. A compliment is a word or group of words that completes or adds to another. For example, “the thing that you spend your money on” is a compliment because it completes the main sentence.

If we wanted to say the same thing, but in a different way, we could use a predicate. A predicate is a word or group of words that describes something else. For example, “the thing that you spend your money on” is a predicate because it describes something else.

In the above example, we used a complement.

The important thing to remember is that the complement describes something else, and the predicate describes something else.

Example Sentences

1. A good teacher can help students improve their English skills.
2. We went to the park today.
3. I want to go home now.
4. My sister gave me a gift.
5. They bought a new car.
6. My parents taught me to respect my elders.
7. She loves to cook.
8. He plays football every day.
9. I like the new shoes.
10. She studied English at university.