Clause Pattern: Subject – Verb – Subject Predicative (SVPs )
Understanding the construction and use of the subject – verb – subject predicative clause pattern
This pattern consists of a subjectSee the glossary definition , a copular verbSee the glossary definition , and a subject predicativeSee the glossary definition .
Description of Subject
The mimic octopussubject iscopular verb particularly cleversubject predicative. (Spencer and Papastamatiou 2022) (info)The subject predicative is an adjective phrase.
The atmospheresubject wascopular verb mostly nitrogen, carbon dioxide and no oxygensubject predicative. (Jordan 2019) (info)The subject predicative is a noun phrase.
Orangutanssubject arecopular verb very slow breederssubject predicative. (Meijaard, Voigt, and Wich 2018) (info)The subject predicative is a noun phrase.
The virussubject wascopular verb aggressive and lethalsubject predicative. (Roossinck 2020) (info)The subject predicative is an adjective phrase.
Description of Change in Subject
These wingssubject then gradually becamecopular verb more powerful and covered in featherssubject predicative and were eventually used to fly. (Wills 2020) (info)The subject predicative is an adjective phrase.
But as people used more and more paper, ragssubject grewcopular verb scarcesubject predicative. (Law 2021) (info)The subject predicative is an adjective phrase.
Inventors Francis and Freelan Stanley,subject twin brothers, becamecopular verb automaking pioneerssubject predicative after they improved photographic technology. (Stewart and Yohe 2022) (info)The subject predicative is a noun phrase.
Definition and Identification
Gelotophobiasubject iscopular verb an intense fear of being laughed atsubject predicative. (Barker 2017) (info)Definition: subject predicative is a noun phrase.
In the late 1700s, Englishman William Addissubject wascopular verb the first to sell toothbrushes on a large scalesubject predicative. (Jordan 2019) (info)Identification: subject predicative is a noun phrase.
The world’s largest nuclear power plantsubject iscopular verb the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Station in Japansubject predicative. (Wu 2021) (info)Identification: subject predicative is a noun phrase.
Energysubject iscopular verb the capacity for something to do worksubject predicative. (Baron 2021) (info)Definition: subject predicative is a noun phrase.
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