Transcript Complement Review

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Complement Review
Objects
• Follow ACTION verbs
– Receive action
• Direct Objects: Ask __(verb)___ who or
what?
– The answer is the direct object
– EX: The mechanic fixed my car.
• Verb: fixed
• Fixed who or what? The car
• DO: car
Indirect Objects
• Ask __(verb) (direct object) to or for whom?
• Indirect Objects always are placed between verb
and direct object
– Judges presented the winner a silver trophy.
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Verb: Presented
Presented who or what? A trophy=DO
Presented a trophy to or for whom? The winner
IO: winner
– You don’t always have an indirect object
• You can’t have an IO without a DO, but you can have a DO
without an IO
Subject Complements
• Predicate Nominative and Predicate
Adjectives follow LINKING VERBS
• PA’s are adjectives that
– describe or modify subject
– The snow was heavy.
• PN’s are nouns or pronouns that
– Identify, rename, or define subject
• The trip became a nightmare
Let’s try together
• Hurricanes are especially dangerous storms.
• The eye of a hurricane is a calm area at the
storm’s center.
• Mike sent his application to the summer program.
• Will you save me a seat at the concert?
• Mrs. White has been teaching students French
for ten years.
• Residents near this airport dislike the noise.
• The snow was light at first.