Writing: Basic Mechanics
A1 Lesson 3: Writing Your First Sentences (SVO)
Listen to the lesson concepts here.
Before You Start 🧠
Key Vocabulary (Click 🔊)
Let's learn the "recipe" words for an English sentence.
Sentence
A complete idea in writing. It starts with a capital letter and ends with a full stop (.).
Subject (S)
The person or thing that does the action. (Who? or What?)
Verb (V)
The action word in the sentence. (e.g., eat, play, sleep).
Object (O)
The person or thing that receives the action.
The "Recipe" for an English Sentence
Most simple sentences in English follow a simple recipe called Subject - Verb - Object (SVO). You must follow this order.
S
Subject (ប្រធាន)
Who or What?
- I
- You
- The cat
V
Verb (កិរិយាស័ព្ទ)
The Action.
- like
- read
- eats
O
Object (កម្មបទ)
Receives Action.
- coffee
- a book
- fish
Example Sentences (S + V + O)
I
+
like
+
coffee.
The cat
+
eats
+
fish.
Sophea
+
reads
+
a book.
Practice What You Learned 🎯
Quiz 1: Identify the Parts
Look at the sentence. What is the Subject, Verb, and Object?
"She plays football."
1. What is the Subject?
"She plays football."
2. What is the Verb?
"She plays football."
3. What is the Object?
Quiz 2: Build the Sentence
Put the words in the correct SVO order. Write the full sentence in the box.
milk / The baby / drinks
a bike / My brother / has
English / We / study
Common Words for A1 Sentences
- Common Subjects (S)
I, You, He, She, We, They, The student, The teacher, My friend...
- Common Verbs (V)
like, want, eat, drink, read, play, have, speak, study...
- Common Objects (O)
coffee, water, rice, a book, English, football, a phone...
Your Writing Mission ⭐
Write 3 SVO Sentences
Now it's your turn! On a piece of paper, write three new sentences about your life using the SVO recipe. Use words from the "Common Words" list above.
Example:
- (S) I + (V) want + (O) coffee.
- (S) My friend + (V) plays + (O) football.
- ...