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[EMKAYES]

Hi there,

I have a new highschool class and they asked me a question that stumped me.
They are studying the 5 types of sentence structures and asked wich of the 5 the sentence
"I want to go home" falls into.
I think maybe 3 Subject/verb/compliment, but I couldnt fully explain my answer.

...please help

Thanks

[some waygug-in]

I Don't know.

http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=2105.0

1. Subject + verb. Example: �He jumped.�
2. Subject + verb + object. Example: �She picked the ball.� (�ball� is the object)
3. Subject + verb + complement. Example: �They worked so hard.� (�so hard is the adverbial complement)
4. Subject + verb + indirect object + direct object. Example: �Anna gave John a music album.� (�John� is the indirect object, �music album� is the direct object)
5. Subject + verb + object + complement. Example: �The CEO appointed him general manager.� (�him� is the direct object, �general manager� is the object complement)

My guess is #3. But I disagree with this whole classification system because often there are sentences such as the example you gave that don't seem to fit into any of the types.

Subject = I
verb = want
infinitive-compliment = to go home