Transcript Complete Subjects and Predicates

Nouns and Their Jobs
Lesson 2.4
Here’s the Idea
You use nouns every time you talk or
write. Nouns name the people you meet,
the places you visit, the sights and
sounds you experience, and the ideas
you have. Nouns are found in different
locations in sentences because of the
many jobs they have.
Nouns as Subjects
• A subject tells whom or what the sentence
is about.
• Notice the following sentences in which
nouns act as subjects.
• The Aztec Empire was located in the area
now known as Mexico.
• Spanish soldiers destroyed Tenochtitlan
during their conquest of Mexico.
Nouns as Complements
• A complement is a word the completes
the meaning of a verb.
• When a noun is a complement, it may be
a predicate noun, a direct object, or an
indirect object.
Nouns as Complements
• A predicate noun renames or defines the
subject after a linking verb.
• Example:
• The Aztecs were fierce warriors.
• A direct object names the receiver of the
action of the verb.
• Example:
• Spanish soldiers defeated the Aztec
Empire in 1521.
• An indirect object tells to whom or what or
for whom or what and action is done.
• Example:
• The Aztecs gave the Spanish gold and
other precious goods.
Nouns as Objects of Prepositions
• An object of a preposition is the noun or
pronoun that follows the preposition.
• Nouns often appear in sentences as
objects of prepositions.
Examples:
• The Aztec people settled in central Mexico.
preposition
object of
preposition
• Aztec merchants traded with distance lands.
preposition
preposition
object of
preposition
• Among their valuable goods were gold and
silver.
object of
preposition
Practice Time!
Directions: Identify each underlined noun as a subject,
a complement, or an object of preposition.
subject
• The Inca lived in the Andes Mountains in
South America. complement
subject
• Cuzco was their capital.
complement
• The Inca were excellent record keepers.
• They invented the quipu to keep track of
object of
complement
their
goods.
preposition
subject
• The quipu was a long cord with many
object of
strings.
complement
preposition
Hey, there’s more!
complement
• Clerks tied knots in the strings in different
patterns.
complement
• The Inca also built excellent roads.
subject
• Their system of roads carried runners
object of
complement
across
deep
gorges.
subject
preposition
• Officials gave runners messages to carry
subject hundreds of miles. complement
• Some roads are still used today by
Andean people.