In English, sentences usually operate using a similar pattern: subject, verb, then object. Learn more about this structure and its components.

Subject, object and complement Many verbs need an object to make sense, eg ‘Ajay plays the piano ’.

Which is why I actually enjoy knowing about object complements. Like subjects, objects, verbs and modifiers, object complements can be an integral part of a sentence.

English typically uses a strict SUBJECT VERB OBJECT (SVO) word order in simple sentences, as in Students (S) read (V) books (O). This SVO word order becomes altered in many other English sentence ...