Transcript Verb Complements

Verb Complements
Complete the message of the subject
and verb
Direct Objects
Follow action verbs
Receive action
Answers “Who? / What?”
Can be noun, pronoun,
phrase or clause
DO examples
Teachers help us learn
about lots of things.
Jason hates when he
gets in trouble for his
grades.
Indirect Objects
Comes before D.O.
Tells to/for whom the action is
performed
Answers “To / for whom?”
Does not come after “to” or
“for” (that would be a
prepositional phrase)
IO examples
She handed Mrs. Lashley
her essay.
I read second and fourth
periods a story.
Predicate Noun
Follows linking verbs
Noun or pronoun that
renames the subject
PN examples
Mrs. Lashley and Ms.
Mederos are teachers.
My dog is and always will
be my best friend.
Predicate Adjectives
Follow linking verbs
Adjective that describes
the subject
PA examples
That idea seems great!
The students’ behavior
has been horrible lately.