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What Is SVC Sentence Pattern

The document discusses the SVC (subject-verb-complement) sentence pattern. There are two types of SVC sentences - SVC(noun) where the complement is a noun, and SVC(adj) where the complement is an adjective. In both cases, the complement describes the subject. Some verbs called linking verbs are followed by a complement rather than an object. Examples of SVC sentences are provided.

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What Is SVC Sentence Pattern

The document discusses the SVC (subject-verb-complement) sentence pattern. There are two types of SVC sentences - SVC(noun) where the complement is a noun, and SVC(adj) where the complement is an adjective. In both cases, the complement describes the subject. Some verbs called linking verbs are followed by a complement rather than an object. Examples of SVC sentences are provided.

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What is SVC sentence pattern?

Instead of an object the verb is followed by something called a complement. The complement may be a noun
or an adjective, so there are two types of S-V-C sentences: S-V-C(noun) and S-V-C(adj). In either case, the
complement describes the subject.

 Some special verbs (linking verbs) behave like the verb to be.
Instead of an object the verb is followed by something called
a complement. The complement may be a noun or an adjective, so
there are two types of S-V-C sentences: S-V-C(noun) and S-V-
C(adj). In either case, the complement describes the subject. 
        It is important to remember that S is always an item in the
category described by C(noun). If you find a sentence where that is
not the case, you probably need EITHER to change the verb OR
put a preposition in front of the noun.
Noun
Subject Verb extra = plus a
Complement
My cousin Laura is a police officer. .
Those two women,
are men in disguise.
Tootsy and Mrs. Doubtfire
Adjective
Subject Verb when, where, how, etc.
Complement
Those girls look very happy. .
Nothing is impossible when you are young.
We all feel sorry for poor John.

There is a relationship between adjective pairs of feeling (usually


ending in -ing and -ed) and the verbs that they come from. It can be
clearly seen in a comparison of their basic sentence patterns.
. Subject Verb O/C extra = plus a
S-V-C Action movies are exciting. .
S-V-O Action movies excite Bob. .
passive Bob is excited . by action movies.
S-V-C Bob gets excited when he watches action movies.
So we have exciting movies and excited people (like Bob). Other
adjective pairs that follow this pattern include shocking / shocked;
interesting / interested; and frightening / frightened.
Elaborated: S + V + O + O

        Some verbs take two objects, though they can often be
rewritten using a single object and a plus-alpha (prepositional)
phrase.
Subject Verb Object Object extra = plus a
My mother gave me a necklace for my birthday.
The little boy bought his mother some flowers for Mother's Day.
The young American asked us a question about kabuki.

The first two sentences can also be written:


My mother gave a necklace to me for my birthday. 
The little boy bought some flowers for his mother for Mother's
Day.
Elaborated: S + V + O + C

        Sometimes an S+V+C sentence is imbedded in a longer, more


complex sentence in such a way that its verb drops out and the
subject becomes the object of the new, longer sentence.
Subject Verb Object Complement extra = plus a
Mai dyed her hair brown in junior high school.
You must keep your room clean every day.
Prof. Ueda found the book interesting. .

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