SVOCA Flashcards
Grammar Revision
Adverbials tell us more about?
The action in the sentence
What is the job of the object in a sentence?
It is acted upon by the subject/verb
The dog has eaten all of the food - where is the object?
All of the food (the thing being eaten)
The people of Rochdale love their home town - where is the object?
Their home town (it is the thing being loved)
Most sentences use active voice. What does this mean in terms of word pattern?
The subject comes at the start of the sentence, and the object comes at the end
What does each letter in the initialism SVOCA stand for?
Subject Verb Object Complement Adverbial
In passive voice where does the object come in the sentence order?
At the start
A complement is….
The same thing as the subject
Today, I am going to tidy my bedroom - identify the adverbial
Today is the adverbial (time)
Identify the verb phrase in the following sentence: “ I should have bought the house”
Should have bought
How many verbs in a verb phrase?
More than one
What do objects usually contain?
Nouns and pronouns
A complement is not being acted upon by the subject. Instead it is…
The same thing as the subject
Adverbials tell us about 4 things. What are they?
Time Place Manner Degree
Identify the adverbial in following sentence and label the type of adverbial it is: “I did it fairly quickly”
Fairly quickly - manner adverbial
Sometime adverbials can be fronted? How do we spot these?
They are at the front of the sentence
Identify the SVOCA in the following sentence: “I am a teacher”
I - subject Am - Verb A Teacher - Complement
Identify the SVOCA in the following sentence: “They went to London”
They - subject Went - Verb to London - Place Adverbial
Identify the SVOCA in the following sentence: “Tomorrow, I will try”
Tomorrow - Fronted time adverbial I - Subject Will try - Verb
Identify the SVOCA in the following sentence: “John ate the apply quickly”
John - subject ate - Verb the apple - Object Quickly - manner adverbial
What is the job of a subject in a sentence?
It is the thing doing the action
What is the job of an object in a sentence?
It is the thing being acted upon.
Explain what a complement is
A complement is the same thing as the subject
Which kind of verb helps you to identify complements?
copular verbs
An adverbial is a job in a sentence that tells you about 4 things. What are those 4 things?
Time Place Manner Degree
Adverbials usually come at the end of a sentence but sometimes they can be like in the following example: “Yesterday, Jon punched Sam.” What do we call this type of adverbial?
Fronted time adverbial
Identify the complement: You are fantastic
Fantastic
Identify the time adverbial in the following: On Tuesday I went to the shops
On Tuesday
Identify the object in the following: John kicked Mickey.
Mickey
Identify the subject in the following: The woman next door jumped over the balcony.
The woman next door
