If someone has millions of words, a good vocabulary, but does not know how to put that vocabulary into a pattern, he will not be able to make a sentence. Our Urdu Subject Verb Agreement is different from English. In English, the subject comes first, followed by the verb, then the remaining 3 objects. What are those three things, they are mentioned below.
1. S V – Subject Verb [intransitive verbs] – These verbs do not take any object.
She danced.
2. SVO [Transitive Verbs] They need one object.
She is driving a car.
I bought him some books.
4. SV + Complement [It can be an adjective or a noun phrase] but it gives information about the subject.
She is happy.
She is a nurse.
5. SV+ Adverbial [prepositional / adverb]
She danced [nicely].
She danced [with her cousin].
It becomes difficult for a common man to understand the explanation of these phrases. For them, in simple words, it is being submitted that whenever there is a subject i.e. the person doing the work or about whom the information is being given, then the verb will come after it. Now the verbs that will be used in the first structure are called in transitive verbs. For example, someone died. Killed himself, meaning no one killed him. If someone kills, then the word kill will be used and then both subject and object will come. See more examples.1. He slept.
2. She came.
3. They went.
4. They laughed.
5. He smiled.
The second and third structures are very easy to understand. Because when a worker arrives, we need actions that indicate a person who is being worked on. For example, if someone is eating, he has to tell what he is eating.1. He ate [an apple].
2. He gave [me] a book.
3. I saw [a nurse].
The fourth structure often confuses students because an object can be a noun phrase and a complement can also be a noun phrase. But the complement is not any other third person but the information is being given about the subject itself. For example, she is a nurse. It is about the nurse. While above, a person has seen the nurse. Adjectives are also used in complements. The list of special functions required for complement is given below.List of Verbs:
be (is/am/are/was/were/will be/shall be), seem, appear, feel, smell, taste, sound, look, remain, stay, keep, turn, become, get, come, go etc.
1. She is [a nurse].
2. She is [happy].
3. He looks [happy].
4. She seems [great].
5. She is a [doctor].
6. He became a [teacher].
7. The cake tastes [delicious].
8. She seems [happy].
In the final structure, whatever the verb is, a prepositional phrase is added. A prepositional phrase can also be placed after the first structure. For example, he danced at the party. Or he suddenly danced.1. He danced [in a party].
2. He danced [instantly].
3. He went [to school].
In the last phrase ‘to school’ or ‘to school’ is adverbial. Not an object. That’s why it doesn’t have passive voice. It will only be the structure that contains the object. That is, structure 2 and 3 can be formed.