Intransitive Verb : Noun + Verb

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The best way to learn everything are start from the very begining. Now, I will share about writing in a good way. For the first time, I will tell you about sentence pattern with intransitive verbs. Intransitive verbs are verbs that don’t need object. The sentence pattern which we will learn is noun + verb. This is the simplest sentence pattern in English.


Let’s check the example bellow to give you more understanding about this!

The sun rises. The sky is blue. Birds sing. Flowers blossom. The wind blows. Spring is begining.

• Now, let’s see the explanation. 
• The sun (noun) | rises. (verb) 
• The sky (noun) | is blue. (verb) 
• Birds (noun) | sing. (verb) 
• Flowers (noun) | blossom. (verb) 
• Spring (noun) | is begining. (verb) 

Those sentence don’t need object as complement. Because the verbs are clear enough to explain the noun. So that’s why they called intransitive verbs.

Ok guys, let’s move to another discussion. It’s about compounding the noun and the verb. Sometimes we need to make a compound to make the sentence more beautiful. Compound noun called noun phrase, and compound verb called verb phrase. The noun phrase is made up of one or more nouns, plus modifiers and connectors. The verb phrase is made up of one or more verbs, plus modifiers and connectors.

For example:

• Marten and Angel sing and dancing. [Marten and Angel (noun phrase) | sing and dancing. (verb phrase)]
• Neither John nor his friend speaking or writing. [Neither John nor his friend (noun phrase) | speaking or writing. (verb phrase)] 

Sometimes, a compound subject makes a confusion in the agreement of the subject and predicate. There are some case which are we usually meet.

Compound subject joined by and, whether they singular or plural, the plural form of the verb is used.

• My mother and Cindy cook. 
• The boys and girls are walking. 　　 

Compound subject are singular and are joined by such connectives as or, nor, either....or, neither....nor, not only...but also, the singular verb is used.

• Not only Levy but also Eren is clever. 　　
• Neither mother nor father sleeps. 　　 

Compound subject are joined by or, nor, either....or, neither....nor, not only...but also are different in number of person, the part nearest the verb determines the number of the verb. 　　

• Neither Andy nor his friends study. 　　
• Not only the readers but also the author is laughing. 　　 

Pay attention! for the simple past form of the verb does not change when the person or number of the subject changes. It also happen in modal auxiliaries.
For example :

1. Annie played.
2. They played.
3. I must study. 
4. My mother and I will cook. 

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