I chose the given short text and identified the sentence patterns using the SVOMPT table:
S = Subject | V = Verb | O = Object | M = Manner | P = Place | T = Time
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Robert lives in an apartment.
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S: Robert
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V: lives
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P: in an apartment
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He loves his job.
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S: He
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V: loves
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O: his job
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His wife teaches college courses.
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S: His wife
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V: teaches
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O: college courses
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They work in the mornings.
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S: They
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V: work
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T: in the mornings
This exercise shows how sentence parts fit into common patterns like SVO and SVP/T.