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- ^I
Sentences beginning with "I" - ^You|^I|^We
Sentences starting with any of these words - Tom$
"Tom" is last word of the sentence. - ^Tom Mary$
"Tom" is the first word. "Mary" is the last word. - Tom << Mary
"Tom" before "Mary" - (^Tom|^He)
The first word is either "Tom" or "He".
- (is *ing)
- (are *ing)
- ^Tom *ing
Sentences starting with "Tom" that include a word ending in "ing"
- ^who|^what|^where|^when|^why|^how
Sentences beginning with these question words - Is|^Are|^Was|^Were|^Do|^Does|^Did|^Can|^Could|^Will|^Would
Sentences beginning with these question words - (^Please|", please$")
Polite requests - (=do|=does|=did|=doing|=done) NEAR/1 that -^Does -^Did -"that << does" -"that << did"
- Instead of focusing on a variety of vocabulary items, you can focus on a covering a wide variety of sentence patterns and grammatical structures by focusing on one verb phrase.
- The verb phrase: do that, does that, doing that, did that & done that
- To translate a wide variety of patterns that can substitute in verb phrases, this is a good search. Of course, not all verb phrases can be substituted into these patterns, but with a little thought you should be able to think of various verb phrases that will make sense in each of these patterns.
- Patterns
- Tag: SV Subject + Verb
- Tag: SVC Subject + Verb + Complement
- Tag: SVO Subject + Verb + Object
- Tag: SVOC Subject + Verb + Object + Complement
- Tag: SVOC Subject + Verb + (Indirect) Object + Object
- Tag: imperative Imperative sentences often begin with a verb.
- Tag: passive
- Tenses
- Situations
- Functions
- Syllable Count (Length)
- Possibly similar sentences / Groups of words
- blue|red|yellow|green|purple|black|white|pink|gray|grey|orange
Sentences mentioning colors. ("Orange" is also a fruit.) - alligator|ant|bear|bee|bird|camel|cat|cheetah|chicken|chimpanzee|cow|crocodile|deer|dog|dolphin|duck|eagle|elephant|fish|fly|fox|frog|giraffe|goat|goldfish|hamster|hippopotamus|horse|kangaroo|kitten|leopard|lion|lizard|lobster|monkey|octopus|ostrich|otter|owl|oyster|panda|parrot|pelican|pig|pigeon|porcupine|puppy|rabbit|rat|reindeer|rhinoceros|rooster|scorpion|seal|shark|sheep|shrimp|snail|snake|sparrow|spider|squid|squirrel|swallow|swan|tiger|toad|tortoise|turtle|vulture|walrus|weasel|whale|wolf|zebra
Sentences mentioning animals. - belt|boots|cap|coat|dress|gloves|hat|jacket|jeans|pajamas|pants|raincoat|scarf|shirt|shoes|skirt|slacks|slippers|socks|stockings|suit|sweater|sweatshirt|t-shirt|tie|trousers|underclothes|underpants|undershirt
Sentences mentioning clothes and things people wear. - ^This|^That|^Those|^These|^There
Sentences beginning with these words - (^This|^That|^Those|^These|^There) -Tom -Mary -he -she -they -his -him -her -them -their -me -my -mine -you -your -yours -we -our -ours
Sentences beginning with these same 5 words words, but sentences that will not likely include people.
- blue|red|yellow|green|purple|black|white|pink|gray|grey|orange
- Other
Try searching some of the "wildcards."
- French (default language name)
- French << English (default language + 2nd default language)
- Boston (default city name)
- Boston Chicago (default city name + 2nd default city name)
- Australia (default country)
- Canadian (default nationality)
- Monday (default day of the week)
- October (default month)
- Harvard (default university name)
- "Park Street" (default street name)
- three|thirty|thirteen|2013|2003|3|13|30|300 (default numbers)
Numbers using "3". - 2:30 (default time)
- Tom (default name)
- Tom Mary (default name + default 2nd name)
- Tom Mary John (default name + default 2nd name + default 3rd name)
- Tom Mary John Alice (default name + default 2nd name + default 3rd name + 4th)
- Jackson (default last name - family name - surname)
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