Sentence Structure

Form Tense Voice Example

Be (V1) Simple Present Tense Neutral He is a technician.
Be (V2) Simple Past Tense Neutral He was a technician.
V1 Simple Present Tense Active He studies electrical engineering.
V2 Simple Past Tense Active He studied electrical engineering.
Be (V1) + V3 Simple Present Tense Passive Electrical engineering is studied by him.
Be (V2) + V3 Simple Past Tense Passive Electrical engineering was studied by him.
Be (V1) + Ving Present Continuous Active He is studying Electrical Engineering.
Tense
Be (V1) + being + V3 Present Continuous Passive Electrical Engineering is being studied by him.
Tense
Has/ have + V3 Present Perfect Tense Active He has studied electrical engineering since 2014
Has/ have + been + V3 Present Perfect Tense Passive Electrical engineering has been studied by him since
2014.
Had + V3 Past Perfect Tense Active He had studied electrical engineering since 2014
Had + been + V3 Past Perfect Tense Passive Electrical engineering had been studied by him since
2014.
Will + V1 Future Tense Active He will study electrical engineering.
Will + be + V3 Future Tense Passive Electrical engineering will be studied by him.
Modal (V1) + V1 Simple Present Tense Active He can study electrical engineering.
Modal (V2) + V1 Simple Past Tense Active He could study electrical engineering.
Modal (V1) + be + V3 Simple Present Tense Passive Electrical engineering can be studied by him.
Modal (V2) + be + V3 Simple Past Tense Passive Electrical engineering could be studied by him.

Common Sentence Patterns in English

1. S + P + O + Additional Information
2. Additional Information, S P O K
3. S , Additional information about Subject , Predicate +
Object
4. S + P , Conjunction + S + P
5. Conjunction + S + P , S +

Exercise
Analyze the subject and predicate of the following sentences.

1. Global warming is the increase of the average temperature on earth.

2. The causes of global warming are both from nature and human activities.
3. Emissions of greenhouse gases from human activities increase.
4. Many natural disaster can be caused by global warming.
5. Floods and droughts are becoming increasingly frequent in all over the world.
6. A rise in sea levels has been led by global warming.
7. Higher sea levels would force people who live in low areas to leave their homes and move.
8. Low-lying islands could be submerged completely.
9. In 1945, nuclear weapons were exploded for the first time over cities.
10. On August 6th at 8.15 a.m. Japanese time, a USA bomber dropped the first atom bomb over Hiroshima.
11. Late in the morning of August 9th, a second atomic bomb was dropped on the people of Nagasaki.
12. In Hiroshima, almost everything was destroyed within a mile from the explosion
13. A small number of very strong concrete buildings were not collapsed by the blast
14. Windows were smashed.
15. In Nagasaki, everything within half a mile from the explosion was destroyed, including heavy structures.
16. In Hiroshima, about 66,000 people were killed instantly.
17. Many more people died from radiation poisoning after the bomb was dropped.
 18. By 1950, about 200,000 people had died as a result of the bomb.
19. Between 1950 and 1980, a further 97,000 people died from cancers related to the radiation.
20. In Nagasaki, out of a population of 174,000, about 39,000 were killed on the first day.
21. By the end of 1945, about 70,000 people had died because of the explosion.
22. The final number of deaths was probably also over 200,000.

SENTENCE ANALYSIS
Voice
Subject (active sentence)/ Predicate
Main Noun in (Active,
No. Object (passive sentence) (Verb, Aux, Forms Tenses
subject column Passive,
(Noun/s or Noun group) Modal etc)
Neutral)
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