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Sentence patterns

The patterns are most easily classified according to the type of verb used:

fall into ten patterns determined by the presence and functions of nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs.

Verb of being patterns (1, 2, 3) use a form of the verb to be as the main verb in the sentence.

Linking verb patterns (4, 5) use one of the linking verbs as the main verb in the sentence.

is are was were has been have been had been.

smell taste look feel seem become appear grow.

Action verb patterns (6, 7, 8, 9) use one of the many action verbs as the main verb in the sentence.

see jump embrace write imagine buy plummet think etc.