Identify the correct sentence pattern. "Brahms’s requiem, like Rutter’s, contains biblical texts."

1. S-InV
2. S-TrV-DO
3. S-TrV-IO-DO
4. S-LV-PN
5. S-LV-PA
6. S-TrV-DO-OC
7. S-be-Advl

1 answer

The correct sentence pattern for the sentence "Brahms’s requiem, like Rutter’s, contains biblical texts." is:

2. S-TrV-DO

In this sentence:

  • "Brahms's requiem" is the subject (S).
  • "contains" is the transitive verb (TrV).
  • "biblical texts" is the direct object (DO).

Thus, it follows the pattern of Subject-Transitive Verb-Direct Object.