Chapter 1 Simple Patterns

Sections

1 V

2 V n

3 V pl-n

4 V pron-refl

5 V amount

6 V adj

7 V -ing

8 V to-inf

9 V inf

10 V that

11 V wh

12 V wh-to-inf

13 V with quote

14 V so/not

15 V as if，V as though

16 V and v

Chapter 2 Simple Patterns with Prepositions and adverbs

1 V prep/adv，V adv/prep

2 V adv

3 pl-n V together

4 V prep

5 V about n

6 V across n

7 V after n

8 V against n

9 V around/round n

10 V as adj

11 V as n

12 V as to wh

13 V at n

14 V between pl-n

15 V by amount

16 V by -ing

17 V for n

18 V from n

19 V in n

20 V in favour of n

21 V in to n

22 V like n

23 V of n

24 V off n

25 V on n

26 V on to n，V onto n

27 V out of n

28 V over n

29 V through n

30 V to n

31 V towards/toward n

32 V under n

33 V with n

34 Less frequent patterns

Chapter 3 Complex Patterns

Sections

1 V n n

2 V n adj

3 V n -ing

4 V n to-inf

5 V n inf

6 V n that

7 V n wh

8 V n wh-to-inf

9 V n with quote

10 V n-ed

Chapter 4 Complex Patterns with Prepositions and Adverbs

Sections

1 V n prep/adv，V n adv/prep

2 V n with adv

3 V pl-n with together

4 V way prep/adv

5 V n about n

6 V n against n

7 V n as adj

8 V n as n

9 V n as to wh

10 V n at n

11 V n between/among pl-n

12 V n by n

13 V n for n

14 V n from n

15 V n in n

16 V n into n

17 V n into-ing

18 V n of n

19 V n off n

20 V n on n

21 V n onto n，V n on to n

22 V n out of n

23 V n over n

24 V n to n

25 V n towards/toward n

26 V n with n

27 Less frequent patterns

Chapter 5 Link Verbs

Chapter 6 Reciprocal Verbs

Chapter 7 Ergative Verbs

Chapter 8 Ergative Reciprocal Verbs

Chapter 9 Patterns with it

Sections

1 Introductory it as Subject

2 Introductory it as Object

3 General it as Subject

4 General it as Object

Chapter 10 Patterns with there

Chapter 11 Auxiliaries，Modals，and Phrasal Modals

Sections

1 Auxiliaries

2 Modals

3 Phrasal modals

Chapter 12 Combinations of Patterns

Appendix：Different forms of a pattern

Meaning Finder

Structure Finder

Pattern Finder

Verb Index