Please observe below Clause Pattern:

SVOd: Verb + Object (= Noun phrase)

Below verbs can be used to form above pattern:

accept, achieve, acknowledge, address, admire, admit, affect, afford, announce, ask, avoid, bear, begin, believe, blame, build, buy, calm, carry, catch, claim, commit, complete, concern, consider, continue, control, convince, correct, cover, create, cut, damage, defy, demand, deny, describe, design, desire, destroy, discover, discuss, display, do, doubt, dread. enjoy, equal, exchange, expect, experience, explain, express, favour, fear, fill, find, foresee, forget, free, get, give, grant, guard, guess, handle, hate, have, here, heat, hire, hit, imagine. Include, influence, introduce, issue, justify, keep, kill, know, lack, learn, like, list, love, lower, maintain, make, mean, mention, mutter, name, need, note, notice, own, plant, please, predict, prefer, prevent, process, produce, promise, pronounce, protect, provide, raise, reach, receive, recommend, record, refuse, release, remember, remove, rent, repeat, report, respect, reveal, risk, see, seek, sell, sense, shock, shout, specify, spot, state, suggest, support, take, tease, tell, test, threaten, trust, understand, upset, urge, use, value, want, waste, wear, welcome, whisper, write.

E.g.:

1.      They accepted her suggestion.

2.      It won’t be easy to achieve these objectives.

3.      He refused to acknowledge the message.

4.      Don’t forget to address the letter.

5.      I admire him for his courage.

6.      He won’t admit defeat.

7.      Don’t let these problems affect your everyday life.

8.      We can’t afford such a high rent.

9.      Why are you avoiding him like this?

10.   I can’t bear rude people like him.

11.   When do you begin work every day?

12.   I don’t believe her story.

13.   Don’t blame him for everything.

14.   They’re planning to build another house.

15.   See bought a pen.

16.   He told them something, and it calmed them.

17.   He was carrying a bag.

18.   The police have caught the thief.

👉 Your task: Using the word list below, compose the one word group of your own.

• Follow the same pattern as given in the heading.
• Use the examples as your guide.
• Use dictionary to form multiple examples. To access the dictionary click the link below:

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1. accept:
2. achieve:
3. acknowledge:
4. address:
5. admire:
6. admit:
7. affect:
8. afford:
9. announce:
10. ask:
11. avoid:
12. bear:
13. begin:
14. believe:
15. blame:
16. build:
17. buy:
18. calm:
19. carry:
20. catch:
21. claim:
22. commit:
23. complete:
24. concern:
25. consider:
26. continue:
27. control:
28. convince:
29. correct:
30. cover:
31. create:
32. cut:
33. damage:
34. defy:
35. demand:
36. deny:
37. describe:
38. design:
39. desire:
40. destroy:
41. discover:
42. discuss:
43. display:
44. do:
45. doubt:
46. dread:
47. enjoy:
48. equal:
49. exchange:
50. expect:
51. experience:
52. explain:
53. express:
54. favour:
55. fear:
56. fill:
57. find:
58. foresee:
59. forget:
60. free:
61. get:
62. give:
63. grant:
64. guard:
65. guess:
66. handle:
67. hate:
68. have:
69. here:
70. heat:
71. hire:
72. hit:
73. imagine:
74. Include:
75. Influence:
76. introduce:
77. issue:
78. justify:
79. keep:
80. kill:
81. know:
82. lack:
83. learn:
84. like:
85. list:
86. love:
87. lower:
88. maintain:
89. make:
90. mean:
91. mention:
92. mutter:
93. name:
94. need:
95. note:
96. notice:
97. own:
98. plant:
99. please:
100. predict:
101. prefer:
102. prevent:
103. process:
104. produce:
105. promise:
106. pronounce:
107. protect:
108. provide:
109. raise:
110. reach:
111. receive:
112. recommend:
113. record:
114. refuse:
115. release:
116. remember:
117. remove:
118. rent:
119. repeat:
120. report:
121. respect:
122. reveal:
123. risk:
124. see:
125. seek:
126. sell:
127. sense:
128. shock:
129. shout:
130. specify:
131. spot:
132. state:
133. suggest:
134. support:
135. take:
136. tease:
137. tell:
138. test:
139. threaten:
140. trust:
141. understand:
142. upset:
143. urge:
144. use:
145. value:
146. want:
147. waste:
148. wear:
149. welcome:
150. whisper:
151. write:

Additional exercise: To reinforce pattern into your brain you can practice saying word groups you formed 4-5 times aloud. Use correct pronunciation, use word linking technique, apply stressed timed rhythm.