Nine basic sentence types in English

1. V (Verb) Come. Vamoose.
2. SV(Subject Verb) Jesus wept. The man died.
3. SVO (Subject Verb Object) He hit my head. Kunle killed the goat.
4. SVOO (Subject Verb (direct) Object (indirect) Object) I gave Kunle the book. I left the work for him.
5. SVC (Subject Verb Complement) Gani is a teacher. He is happy.
6. SVOC (Subject Verb Object Complement) We made Kunle our leader. I found the game interesting.
7. SVA (Subject Verb Adjunct) The boy is here. We came this morning.
8. SVOA (Subject Verb Object Adjunct) He saw me yesterday. I loved the game then.
9. SVOCA (Subject Verb Object Complement Adjunct) We made Buhari our ruler last year. We considered him worthy before now.

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