The President sent the ambassador an invitation to the meeting.
What is the correct sentence pattern?
S - V - IO - DO
The sentence pattern of this sentence is Subject - Verb - Object - Object.
To determine the sentence pattern, we can break down the sentence into its constituent parts:
- Subject: "The President"
- Verb: "sent"
- Object: "the ambassador"
- Object: "an invitation to the meeting"
In this sentence, the subject "The President" performs the action of sending, the verb, to the object "the ambassador." Additionally, the President sends "an invitation to the meeting" as an object. Hence, the correct sentence pattern is Subject - Verb - Object - Object.