SUBJECT (S) : To get ‘S’ ask the quesiton ‘Who?’ before the verb. The subject of a sentence is the person, place, thing, or idea that is doing or being something.

EXAMPLE : here the underlined word indicates subject(s)

Nancy danced well

The child broke the glass

VERB (V) : In every sentence the most important word is the verb. A verb shows action or activity or work done.

EXAMPLE : here the underlined word indicates verb(v)

Nancy danced well

The child broke the glass

OBJECT (O) : To get the object ‘O’ ask the question ‘What’ or ‘Whom’. ‘What’ is for things and ‘Whom’ is for persons. Persons may be nouns or pronouns

EXAMPLE :

DIRECT OBJECT – it questions what?

He buys a pen  - what he buys?

INDIRECT OBJECT - it questions whom?

I saw him    - whom you saw?

COMPLEMENT (C) : The words required to complete the meaning of a sentence are called Complement of the sentence.

Subject Complement – it represents the subject

They / are / players   - S+V+C

Her father / is / a doctor    - S+V+C

Object Complement – it represents the object

They / made / him / captain   - S+V+O+C

They / named / him / Robert  - S+V+O+C

ADJUNCT OR ADVERB : To get ‘A’ ask the question why, when, where or how.

EXAMPLE :

He / came / to the party

They / came / suddenly

There are basically five sentence patterns in English Grammar as per the TNPSC syllabus:

SV	Subject + Verb
SVO	Subject + Verb + Object
SVIODO	Subject + Verb + Indirect Object + Direct Object
SVC	Subject + Verb + Complement
SVOC	Subject + Verb + Object + Complement

S+V

I / finished

She /swims

S+V+O

They / did / a lot of work

The police / arrested / the thief

S+V+IO+DO

He / gave / her / a watch

Paul / gave / his wife / a gift

S+V+C

Her eyes / are / beautiful

Her father / is / a doctor

S+V+O+C

They / made / him / a doctor

They / named / him / Robert

EXAMPLE QUESTION MODEL ASKED IN TNPSC EXAMS

Identify the sentence pattern for the following sentence:

We wish you Happy new year

(A) S+V+IO+DO                                     (B) S+V+O+C

(C) S+V+A                                                (D) S+V+O+A

ANSWER: (A)