Clause Pattern: Subject – Verb – Prepositional Object (SVOp )
Understanding the construction and use of the subject – verb – prepositional object clause pattern
This pattern consists of a subject, a prepositional verb, and a prepositional object.
- If we come across
a new virus … our immune cells can’t recognise it straight away. (Quinn and Mehta 2020) (info) - One big scientific study looked at
168 different groups of people from small communities that gather and hunt their own food, to bigger and busier cities. (Cushing 2020) (info) - Mother chimpanzees care for
their own infants and no other chimps help, not even fathers or grandparents. (Bogin 2022) - Unstable atoms turn into
stable atoms over time at a steady and predictable pace . (Skromne 2022) - Many people hear the name “Big Bang” and think about
a giant explosion of stuff like a bomb going off. (Lam 2020) - A lack of sleep can also make us more emotional and can contribute to
depression .(Krigolson 2023) - What octopuses eat depends on
what species they are and where they live . (Spencer and Papastamatiou 2022)
Test your understanding of this Subject – Verb – Prepositional Object (SVOp ) pattern Go to the (SVOp) exercise page.
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