In this ESL grammar lesson, students practice identifying subjects, verbs, and objects in various sentences.
ESL Grammar: What is the Subject-Verb-Object Structure?
In English, most sentences follow the Subject-Verb-Object (SVO) order. Here’s a breakdown:
- Subject (S): The person, animal, or thing doing the action.
- Verb (V): The action or state of being.
- Object (O): The person, animal, or thing receiving the action.
The English grammar lesson below reviews the subject-verb-object structure, in preparation for learning the passive voice. Our series of ESL grammar lessons on subjects and verbs introduce these concepts and reinforce them through helpful and instructive exercises.
This lesson is available for free download, and you can download many more English grammar lessons focusing on advanced aspects of English grammar (past continuous tense, present perfect tense, present perfect continuous tense, passive voice, embedded questions, relative clauses) in our comprehensive, intermediate- to advanced-level English grammar textbook Great, Great Grammar! (Book 3: Tenses and More!).
