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Identify the sentence pattern used in each of the sentences below. 1. I e-mailed my English teacher my essay. A. subject-verb. B. Subject-verb-direct object. C. subject verb-indirect object-direct object. 2. For once I finished early. A. subject-verb. B. Subject-verb-direct object. C. Subject-verb-indirect object-direct object. 3. My subject was my uncle's farm in Colorado. A. Subject-verb. B. Subject-verb-predicate nominative. C. Subject-verb-predicate adjective

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1. C. Subject-Verb-Indirect Object-Direct Object

The subject of the sentence is who or what the sentence is about. The main verb is either an action (something you can do) OR a linking verb (links a subject to its description). There can also be helping verbs as part of the verb phrase. The direct object answers the question: Subject-verb-what? "I emailed"-what? "my essay". The indirect object is who or what receives the direct object. A sentence with an indirect object must have a direct object. Also, indirect objects often come before the direct object.

2. Subject-verb

Early is not a direct object...it's not an object. You can't touch it. Early is just a simple adverb that describes when I finished.

3. Subject-Verb-predicate nominative

In this sentence the verb is a linking verb. Linking verbs are followed by predicate nominatives or predicate adjectives. Predicate nominatives are nouns (things you can touch). A predicate adjective are adjectives or descriptive words. In this case, you can touch a farm, so it's a noun, and therefore a predicate nominative.

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