{"id":61,"date":"2013-11-01T14:59:00","date_gmt":"2013-11-01T14:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/monkeygrammar.org\/index.php\/2013\/11\/01\/sentence-patterns-for-presentations\/"},"modified":"2020-04-15T14:22:51","modified_gmt":"2020-04-15T14:22:51","slug":"sentence-patterns-for-presentations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mindpowerasia.org\/sentence-patterns-for-presentations\/","title":{"rendered":"Sentence Patterns for Presentations"},"content":{"rendered":"
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What happened to you the last time you did a<\/span> presentation<\/span>?  Did you get <\/span>tongue-tight<\/span>?  Did you prepare well but did <\/span>not know what to say<\/span>?  Did you have some big ideas to talk about but \u2026\u2026<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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Well, if you have<\/span> a better knowledge of English<\/span>, if you <\/span>know more about grammar<\/span>, or if you <\/span>understand sentence structures better<\/span>, will it make a (big) difference?<\/span>
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Well, actually there are <\/span>3<\/span> patterns, <\/span>practical and useful<\/span>, for you: <\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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Pattern 1<\/span><\/b>: that + \u2018sentence\u2019<\/span><\/b>  <\/span><\/b><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
              e.g. The CEO suggested <\/span>that<\/span> <\/span>we cut the cost on marketing<\/span>.<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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Pattern 2<\/span><\/b>: followed by Verb+ing<\/span><\/b><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
             e.g. We will consider <\/span>meet<\/span>ing<\/span> the deadline (suggested by your company).<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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Pattern 3<\/span><\/b>: person + to+verb<\/span><\/b><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
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             e.g. The bank manager advised <\/span>his frontline staff <\/span>to be<\/span> p<\/span>olite.<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n


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\n<\/span>In <\/span>this post<\/span> you will learn more about <\/span>Pattern 1.<\/span>  <\/span><\/span>
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Pattern 1 (that + \u2018sentence\u2019): When to use it?<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/div>\n
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So you may think pattern 1 seems easy.  But the point is: <\/span>when<\/span> to use it?  <\/span>When you have something that is<\/span> loooooong<\/span><\/b>, when you have <\/span>an idea<\/span>, you take this pattern. (Well, of course, make sure your idea is a good one!)<\/span><\/div>\n

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So examples of ideas that are loooong and good may be: <\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n

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that<\/span> <\/span>we are going to change the world<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n

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that<\/span> <\/span>our company is going to dominate the market<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n

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that<\/span> <\/span>the product will be a hot item for the next ten years<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n

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that<\/span> <\/span>we are going to change the way<\/span> (customers think about smart phones)<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n


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Verbs that Go with Pattern 1 <\/span><\/b> <\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n

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Well, you\u2019ve got <\/span>the gun<\/span>, I mean <\/span>the sentence pattern<\/span>.  But you still need one more thing.  What is it?  Obviously, you need<\/span> bullets<\/span>, or <\/span>verbs<\/span> that you <\/span>can use to go with this pattern.  There are quite a lot, but for the purpose of business, there are (usually) 6 bullets: <\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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admit      accept<\/span><\/b><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n

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           suggest     promise      <\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
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explain    claim<\/span><\/b><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n


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