Verb Patterns: Overview

Subject-Verb [SV]

• It rained yesterday.
• What happened?

Subject-Verb-Object [SVO]

• I've received only one message.
• How many courses do you have this term?

Subject-Verb-Object-Object [SVOO]

• Give me a break.
• Would you bring me some chocolate?

Subject-Verb-Object-Verbal [SVOV]

• That movie made me want to cry.
• Did they force you to do that?

Subject-Verb-Complement [SVC]

• She is my sister.
• Could you have been more helpful?

Subject-Verb-Adverbial [SVA]

• They went to school two hours ago.
• Where have you been?

Subject-Verb-Object-Adverbial [SVOA]

• I put it in the refrigerator.
• Who put it there?

Subject-Verb-Object-Complement [SVOC]

• That movie makes me sad.
• No one finds that story interesting.