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Example: That professor teaches English.
That famous British professor brilliantly taught Shakespearean English last term.
Pattern 4 (Noun + Verb + Noun + Noun )
(Subj. + Verb + 10 (indirect object) + DO)
Example: That man teaches the boys English.
Year after year, a quiet, patient American man dutifully teaches my boys very useful English.
Pattern 5 (Noun + Verb + Noun/Adjective)
(Subj. + Verb + Object + Object Complement)
Example: That man called the teacher a genius.
An unbelievably ignorant man just called our teacher a true genius!
Pattern 6 (Noun + LV (linking verb) + Noun)
(Subject + LV + Complement)
Example: The man is a teacher.
The talkative man in the corridor is a wellknown geography teacher.
Pattern 7 (Noun + LV + Adjective/Adverb/Prepositional Phrase)
(Subj. + LV + Complement)
Example: That man is intelligent.
All bald-headed men are always very intelligent.
Pattern 8 (There + LV + Noun + Adverb/Prepositional Phrase)
(There + LV + Subject + Complement)
Example: There is a teacher in the classroom.
There is an angry teacher in the noisy classroom.
Pattern 9 (It + LV + Complement)
(It + LV + Adjective/Adverb/Prepositional Phrase)
Example: It is morning.
It is a cold, rainy morning in March.
Exercise:
Text A:
I walk to work. I take my lunch and a thermos of coffee. I walk through the streets enjoying the air and the
sights and sounds. The city is waking up. A boy is setting up his shoe-shine stand. A man is delivering lettuce
to a grocery store. I see a friend. He is waiting for a taxi. I stop for a chat. Then I go on. I walk to work. I do
not take taxis. Walking makes me happy. It keeps me healthy.
Below is an expanded version of the preceding paragraph. Tense, number, and one verb have been changed,
and modifiers have been added. The subject has also been changed.
Text A’:
John walked to work. He took a thermos of hot coffee and a delicious lunch in a paper bag. He walked
slowly, enjoying the cool, early-morning air and the sights and sounds of the streets. The big, noisy, turbulent
city was rapidly waking up. An energetic little boy was setting up his battered shoe-shine stand in front of a
hotel entrance. A delivery man dressed in a white uniform was busily slapping down cartons of lettuce on the
sidewalk in front of a grocery store. John saw a friend waiting for a taxi. He stopped briefly for a short chat.
John usually walked to work. He almost never took taxis. Walking made him happy. It also kept him healthy.
Text B:
It is summer. The days are long and hot. Children are out of school. They do not go to scout meetings or to
music lessons. They swim and read. They telephone their friends. They play tennis. Whole families go on
vacation. There is fun in winter also. But there is more work. Teachers give their students long assignments.
Parents keep busy. There is little time for play. Everyone takes a rest in summer. Summer gives the family