ENGLISH FOR TEACHERS 2

PDED 0021/DED 0321

SENTENCE PATTTERN IN ENGLISH

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 SVOCA
SVOCA Symbol

Subject (S)

Verb (V)

Object (O)

Complement (C)

Adverbial (A)

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 SVOCA
SV Subject + Verb

SVO Subject + Verb + Object

SVA Subject + Verb + Adverbial

SVC Subject + Verb + Complement

SVOC Subject +Verb + Object + Complement

SVIODO Subject + Verb + Indirect Object + Direct Object

SVOCA Subject + Verb + Object + Complement + Adverbial

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 Subject Verb Examples –
(SV)
• I write
• He lies
• You play

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Subject Verb Complement Examples - (SVO)

• I / finished / the work

• She / sings / a song
• They / did / a lot of work

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 Subject Verb Adverbial Examples -
(SVA)
• He / came / to the party
• It / rained / last night
• They / came / suddenly

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 Subject Verb Complement Examples - (SVC)

• They / are / players

• Her father / is / a doctor
• Your children / are / beautiful

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 Subject Verb Complement Examples -
(SVOC)
• They / elected / him / president
• She / made / him / happy
• He / panted / the wall / white

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 Subject Verb Indirect Object Direct Object Examples –
(SVIODO)

• He / gave / her / a watch

• She / sold / him / her house
• Paul / gave / his wife / a gift

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 Subject Verb Object Complement Adverbial Examples –
(SVOCA)

• The company / appointed / him / a manager /

last week.
• They / named / their baby / Sarah / in the
church

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 Now try these sentence pattern in
different verb tenses
• Simple Present Tense
• Simple Past Tense
• Present Perfect Tense
• Past Perfect Tense
• Present Future Tense
• Future Past Tense
• Present Continuous/Progressive Tense
• Past Continuous/Progressive Tense
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