SVOCA

Question 1

What does SVOCA stand for?

Answer 1

subject, verb, object, complement, adverbial

Question 2

What do all sentences have to have?

Answer 2

A verb or verb phrase

Question 3

Which sentence type does not require a subject?

Answer 3

An imperative

Question 4

What is the object of a sentence?

Answer 4

The thing being acted upon

(the thing being done to, usually contain a noun or pronoun)

Question 5

What is a complement in SVOCA?

Answer 5

What the subject is being

(“Martin is a teacher”- M is being a teacher)

Question 6

What are adverbials?

Answer 6

A job (NOT a word class) in a sentence.

Can be done via adverbs or prepositional phrases)

Question 7

What do adverbials tell you?

Answer 7

The place, manner, time or degree of something

Question 8

Can adverbials start with a preposition?

Answer 8

Yes, are often time and place adverbials

Eg- I saw her…

Question 9

Why do writers front adverbials?

Answer 9

To foreground them (make them more noticeable)

Question 10

What is an active sentence?

Answer 10

A sentence in which the subject is named first, followed by rest of VOCA

The cat(s) chased(v) the bird(o)

Question 11

What is a passive sentence?

Answer 11

A sentence where the order is different to normal, often where the object is named first

The bird(o) was chased(v) by the cat(s)