"I cook", "She drinks", and "We play" are examples of a very basic sentence pattern in English: Subject + Verb (SV). The subjects (I, she, we) do some action (cook, drink, play).
Subject + Verb + Object (SVO)
Sometimes we want to be more specific and say "I cook dinner", "She drinks juice", and "We play tennis". When we add these 'objects' to the sentences, we get a new sentence pattern: Subject + Verb + Object (SVO). SVO is the most common sentence pattern in English.
We know Subject Pronouns like 'I,' 'he', and 'they'. Objects also have pronouns. We use object pronouns to replace objects:
- Sarah hates me.
- Sarah likes you.
- We know Tim. → We know him.
- We know Sarah. → We know her.
- She drinks juice. → She drinks it.
- I cook eggs. → I cook them.
'You' and 'it' are the same as subject and object pronouns.