* Subject: The person or thing performing the action.
* Verb: The action being performed.
* Object: The person or thing that receives the action of the verb.
* Complement: A word or phrase that provides more information about the object.
Here's how it works:
The complement renames or describes the object, usually with an adjective or noun. It tells us what the object *is* or *becomes*.
Examples:
* They elected her president.
* Subject: They
* Verb: elected
* Object: her
* Complement: president (renames the object)
* We consider him a genius.
* Subject: We
* Verb: consider
* Object: him
* Complement: a genius (describes the object)
* The paint made the room bright.
* Subject: The paint
* Verb: made
* Object: the room
* Complement: bright (describes the object)
Key Points:
* Not all sentences have an object complement.
* The complement often follows a linking verb (like "be", "become", "seem", "feel", "look") but not always.
Understanding SVOC helps you analyze sentence structure, understand how words relate to each other, and write more complex and meaningful sentences.