Transcript subject complement

Linking Verbs & Predicate Words
Lesson 4.3
Here’s the Idea
The complement that a linking connects
its subject to is called a subject
complement.
The subject complement identifies or
describes the subject.
Some common linking verbs are: is,
feel, seen, and look.
Sentence Examples:
Subject
Identifies
• Barnstormers were stunt pilots in the
1910’s and 1920’s.
Verb
Subject complement
Subject
Identifies
• Their job looked dangerous.
Verb
Subject Complement
Predicate Nouns & Predicate Adjectives
• A subject complement can be a predicate
noun or a predicate adjective.
• A predicate noun is a noun that follows a
linking verb and identifies, renames, or
defines the subject.
Identifies
• Harriet Quimby was a drama critic.
Subject
Verb
Predicate Noun
• She became a stunt pilot in 1911.
A predicate adjective is an adjective that
follows a linking verb and modifies the
subject.
Modifies
• Quimby was natural at the controls.
Subject
Verb
Predicate Adjective
• She felt happy in the air.
You can use a predicate noun to tell more
about your subject.
Practice Time!
Identify the linking verbs by circling – predicate nouns by underlining once – and
predicate adjectives by underlining twice.
• Coleman became an expert at stunt flying
and parachuting.
• She became a pilot in 1921.
• She was a poor girl from Texas.
• She seemed more welcome in France.
• Her goal became equality in the air.
• Her name was Bessie Coleman.
• Coleman seemed an unlikely candidate.
• American flying schools were too biased to
let her in.