🔖 Sentence patterns — the same shape, new ideas

Learn one shape and you can say a hundred things: I like ___. I like apples. I like swimming. I like Grandma's noodles!

I like ___.

“I like ice cream.”

Say what you enjoy.

I have ___.

“I have two pencils.”

Say what belongs to you.

This is a ___.

“This is a rabbit.”

Point at something and name it.

The _ is _.

“The cat is small.”

Describe something: name + describing word.

I can ___.

“I can swim.”

Say what you are able to do.

I see a ___.

“I see a bird.”

Say what you can see.

The boy is ___.

“The boy is tall.”

Describe a person.

She likes ___.

“She likes bananas.”

Say what another person enjoys.

We go to ___.

“We go to the park.”

Say where you go.

It is ___.

“It is raining.”

Talk about the weather or time.

My _ is _.

“My school is near.”

Talk about something of yours.

Can I have ___?

“Can I have some water?”

Ask politely for something.

There is a ___.

“There is a rainbow.”

Say what exists somewhere.

I am going to ___.

“I am going to read.”

Talk about the near future.

_ because _.

“I ate because I was hungry.”

Give a reason.

If _, then _.

“If it rains, then we stay in.”

Talk about a condition and its result.

✏️ Fill the blank

Complete the pattern with the best word — then say the whole sentence out loud!