SVOCA

Question 1

Adverbials tell us more about?

Answer 1

The action in the sentence

Question 2

What is the job of the object in a sentence?

Answer 2

It is acted upon by the subject/verb

Question 3

The dog has eaten all of the food - where is the object?

Answer 3

All of the food (the thing being eaten)

Question 4

The people of Rochdale love their home town - where is the object?

Answer 4

Their home town (it is the thing being loved)

Question 5

Most sentences use active voice. What does this mean in terms of word pattern?

Answer 5

The subject comes at the start of the sentence, and the object comes at the end

Question 6

What does each letter in the initialism SVOCA stand for?

Answer 6

Subject Verb Object Complement Adverbial

Question 7

In passive voice where does the object come in the sentence order?

Answer 7

At the start

Question 8

A complement is….

Answer 8

The same thing as the subject

Question 9

Today, I am going to tidy my bedroom - identify the adverbial

Answer 9

Today is the adverbial (time)

Question 10

Identify the verb phrase in the following sentence: “ I should have bought the house”

Answer 10

Should have bought

Question 11

How many verbs in a verb phrase?

Answer 11

More than one

Question 12

What do objects usually contain?

Answer 12

Nouns and pronouns

Question 13

A complement is not being acted upon by the subject. Instead it is…

Answer 13

The same thing as the subject

Question 14

Adverbials tell us about 4 things. What are they?

Answer 14

Time Place Manner Degree

Question 15

Identify the adverbial in following sentence and label the type of adverbial it is: “I did it fairly quickly”

Answer 15

Fairly quickly - manner adverbial

Question 16

Sometime adverbials can be fronted? How do we spot these?

Answer 16

They are at the front of the sentence

Question 17

Identify the SVOCA in the following sentence: “I am a teacher”

Answer 17

I - subject Am - Verb A Teacher - Complement

Question 18

Identify the SVOCA in the following sentence: “They went to London”

Answer 18

They - subject Went - Verb to London - Place Adverbial

Question 19

Identify the SVOCA in the following sentence: “Tomorrow, I will try”

Answer 19

Tomorrow - Fronted time adverbial I - Subject Will try - Verb

Question 20

Identify the SVOCA in the following sentence: “John ate the apply quickly”

Answer 20

John - subject ate - Verb the apple - Object Quickly - manner adverbial

Question 21

What is the job of a subject in a sentence?

Answer 21

It is the thing doing the action

Question 22

What is the job of an object in a sentence?

Answer 22

It is the thing being acted upon.

Question 23

Explain what a complement is

Answer 23

A complement is the same thing as the subject

Question 24

Which kind of verb helps you to identify complements?

Answer 24

copular verbs

Question 25

An adverbial is a job in a sentence that tells you about 4 things. What are those 4 things?

Answer 25

Time Place Manner Degree

Question 26

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?

Answer 26

Fronted time adverbial

Question 27

Identify the complement: You are fantastic

Answer 27

Fantastic

Question 28

Identify the time adverbial in the following: On Tuesday I went to the shops

Answer 28

On Tuesday

Question 29

Identify the object in the following: John kicked Mickey.

Answer 29

Mickey

Question 30

Identify the subject in the following: The woman next door jumped over the balcony.

Answer 30

The woman next door