Grammar & Punctuation – Clause components- Subject+verb+object+complement.
Subject+verb+object+complement. It is also possible to have part of a clause that completes the object: SUBJECT VERB OBJECT COMPLEMENT The…
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Grammar & Punctuation – Clause components- Subject+verb+object.
Subject+verb+object. If there is an object, it normally follows the verb. It refers to a different person or thing from…
Grammar & Punctuation – Clause components- Subject+verb+complement.
Subject+verb+complement. A small number of verbs are followed not by an object, but by a complement. The commonest of these…
Punctuation – Clause components.
Clauses can contain five different components: Subject. Verb. Object. Complement. Adverbial. Subject+verb. The simplest pattern for a clause is a…
Grammar & Punctuation – Types of Sentence.
We can use sentences for four main purposes in communication:  To make a statement: That car is travelling very…
Grammar & Punctuation – Changing words.
So far we have looked at four grammatical levels: sentence, clause, phrase, word. There is just one more we need…
Grammar & Punctuation – Sentences and Clauses.
So far we have looked at how phrases and words build up into sentences. But there is one further level…
Grammar & Punctuation – Phrases.
Martin likes football. As you can see from the example sentences, sometimes the subject or object is a single word…