Identify the correct sentence pattern of the given sentence:

They painted the door green.

The correct answer is 'S + V + O + C'.

Key Points

• There are five sentence class terms: S = subject, V = verb, O = object, C = complement, and A = adverbial.
• The subject of a sentence is the person, place, or thing that is performing the action of the sentence.
  • The subject of the given sentence is 'They'.
• A verb is the action or state of being in a sentence.
  • The verb in the given sentence is 'painted'.
• The object is usually the person, place or thing that's being acted upon by the subject's verb.
  • The object of the given sentence is 'the door'.
• A complement is part of the predicate of a sentence and describes either the subject of the sentence or the direct object. If it modifies the object, it is called an object complement.
  • The complement of the given sentence is 'green' as it is complementing the object 'the door'.
• Thus, the correct sentence pattern of the given sentence is 'S + V + O + C'.

Hence, the correct answer is option (2).