Basic Sentence Patterns Subject (S)==Linking Verb (LV)==Subject Complement (SC) [predicate adjective/noun] I feel good. The result was chaos. Subject → Transitive Verb → Direct Object The earthquake destroyed the city. Subject → Intransitive Verb The earth trembled. ==================================================================== Subject → Transitive Verb Indirect Object Direct Object [to or for] The government sent the city aid. Subject → Transitive Verb →Direct Object Object Complement The citizens considered the earthquake a disaster.