Sentence Pattern

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Subject: The person who does the action in the sentence

Verb: The word that indicates an action done by the subject or expresses a state of being or show possession

Complement: The word or phrase which completes the meaning is called a complement. It is of two kind as ‘subject complement’ and ‘object complement’.

Object: The word which receives the action from the subject is the object of the sentence.

Direct object: In a sentence, the object which answers for the question ‘what’ is called direct object.

Indirect object: In a sentence, the object which answers for the question ‘to whom’ is called indirect object.

Adjunct: Adjunct is a word or group of words which provides answers to the questions ‘How’, ’Why’, ’When’ or ‘Where’

Important Sentence pattern:

SV (Subject + Verb)

SVO (Subject + Verb + Object)

SV IO DO (Subject + Verb + Indirect Object + Direct Object)

SVC (Subject + Verb + Complement)

SVOC (Subject + Verb + Object + Complement)

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Examples:

SV

S	V
He Arun She Birds It She	slept was laughed has been working fly was raining is dancing

SVO

S	V	O
They She He Brutus We	played sings missed stabbed enjoyed	Cricket a song the bus Caesar the film

SV IO DO

S	V	IO	DO
He My father She My mother	gave gifted taught told	her me me us	a pen a watch French story

SVC

S	V	C
She Brutus Ayesha He The rose	is is is was looks	my friend an honourable man a doctor excited beautiful

SVOC

S	V	O	C
They It His parents He They	elected will make named painted appointed	her you her the car him	the class teacher crazy Jaya Blue the principal