S-V-O

 Part 1 [DEFINITION] 

S-V-O stands for Subject-Verb-Object. It refers to a basic sentence structure in English, where:

• S = Subject (who or what the sentence is about)

• V = Verb (the action or state)

• O = Object (the person or thing that receives the action of the verb)

 Part 2 [PATTERN] 

The structure for S-V-O is: S + V + O (Object)

Part 3 [EXAMPLE SENTENCES] 

Adjective sentences:

• She eats an apple. (S = She, V = eats, O = an apple)

• John reads a book. (S = John, V = reads, O = a book)

• They played soccer. (S = They, V = played, O = soccer)

• I watched a movie. (S = I, V = watched, O = a movie)

• He fixed the car. (S = He, V = fixed, O = the car)

Question Form:

• Did she eat an apple? (S = She, V = eat, O = an apple)

• Does John read a book? (S = John, V = read, O = a book)

• Did they play soccer? (S = They, V = play, O = soccer)

• Did you watch a movie? (S = You, V = watch, O = a movie)

• Did he fix the car? (S = He, V = fix, O = the car)

Part 4 [CHECK YOUR UNDERSTANDING] 

Choose the correct answers.

1. What is the subject in the sentence: "She eats an apple"?
   a) eats
   b) She
   c) an apple

2. Which part of the sentence is the verb in: "John reads a book"?
   a) reads
   b) John
   c) a book

3. What is the object in the sentence: "They played soccer"?
   a) They
   b) played
   c) soccer

4. Identify the verb in this sentence: "I watched a movie."
   a) I
   b) watched
   c) a movie

5. Which sentence uses an object?
   a) She sings.
   b) They ate pizza.
   c) He sleeps.

6. What is the correct structure for S-V-O?
   a) Subject + Verb + Object
   b) Subject + Object + Verb
   c) Verb + Subject + Object

7. Which of the following sentences is correct?
   a) I gave her a gift.
   b) I gave a gift her.
   c) I her gave a gift.

8. What is the object in the sentence: "He fixed the car"?
   a) He
   b) fixed
   c) the car

9. Which sentence is a question?
   a) She eats an apple.
   b) Did she eat an apple?
   c) She an apple eats.

10. Which part of the sentence is the object in: "I watched the movie"?
    a) I
    b) watched
    c) the movie

Fill in the blanks.

1. She ________ a cake. (bakes/bake)

2. I ________ my homework. (finish/finished)

3. They ________ football every weekend. (play/plays)

4. He ________ the letter. (wrote/writing)

5. We ________ a new house. (buy/buying)

6. She ________ a letter to her friend. (writes/write)

7. They ________ the test yesterday. (took/taking)

8. I ________ the pizza for lunch. (ate/eat)

9. He ________ the bicycle every morning. (rides/ride)

10. She ________ the book on the table. (puts/put)