Pattern 2 : N be Av

"The girl is here "
Patterns 2 differs from pattern 1 in these respects : · The verb “be” in this pattern usually has meaning of “be’ located or “occur”
· Pattern 2 is not capable of taking the pattern 1 expansion
· The third position is occupied by a type of uninflcted word that you will later learn is called an “adverbial”. Words of this type include her, there, up, down, in, out, inside, outside, upstairs, downstairs, on, off, now, then, tomorrow, yesterday, over, through, above, below, before, after. Up, in and out are partially and or irregulary inflected with the forms upper, uppermost, inner, innermost, outer, outermost, utmost, outmost.

For most word in third position one can substitute there or then :
Examples :

• The pingpong table is downstairs

• The game was yesterday

• The balls are outdoors.

Often a prepositional phrase with a there or then meaning will occupy the third position.
Examples :

• The wolf is at the door

• The game will be at three o’clock.