英文期刊写作指南Writing 2.ppt

Doctorate English ProgramAcademic Writing Course Slide Series 2 Announcements Sentence Structure Ten sentence patterns account for the underlying skeletal structure of almost all the possible grammatical sentences in English. They all have in common the subject and the predicate (functions). These functions can also be described in terms of form: Noun Phrase and Verb Phrase. The be Patterns NP be ADV/TP (subject) (predicating verb) (adverbial of time or place) The students are upstairs NP be ADJ (subject) (predicating verb) (subject complement) The students are diligent NP1 be NP1 (subject) (predicating verb) (subject complement) The students are scholars The be Patterns The teacher is here The last performance was yesterday (subject) (predicating verb) (adverb of time or place) NP be ADV/TP You are out of your mind The play was very dull (subject) (predicating verb) (subject complement) NP be ADJ Professor Mendez is my math teacher The tournament was an exciting event (subject) (predicating verb) (subject complement) NP1 be NP1 The Linking Verb Patterns NP linking verb ADJ (subject) (predicating verb) (subject complement) The students seem diligent NP1 linking verb NP1 (subject) (predicating verb) (subject complement) The students became scholars The Linking Verb Patterns I grew sleepy The soup tastes salty (subject) (predicating verb) (subject complement) NP linking verb ADJ My uncle remained a bachelor You look a mess (subject) (predicating verb) (subject complement) NP1 linking verb NP1 The Intransitive Verb Pattern NP V-int (subject) (predicating verb) The students rested Mary laughed The visitors from Beijing arrived The Intransitive Verb Pattern The Transitive Verb Patterns The Transitive Verb Patterns NP1 V-tr NP2 (subj) (pred vb) (direct object) The students studied their assignment NP1 V-tr NP2 NP3 (subj) (pred verb) (indirect obj) (dir obj) The students gave the professor their homework NP1 V-tr