Because they behave like nouns, they can perform all the roles that a normal noun would fill in a sentence, including as a subject complement. For example:. “ Japan is where I want to go most.” ( Where I want to go most is the predicate noun of the linking verb is, renaming the subject Japan.). “ The thing I wish for most is that people would all just get along.” ( That people would all just get along is the predicate noun of the linking verb is, renaming the subject the thing I wish for most.). “ Politicians are who create the laws.” ( Who create the laws is the predicate noun of the linking verb are, renaming the subject politicians.)Predicate pronouns. Prepositional phrases can either functions as adjectives (modifying nouns or pronouns) or adverbs (modifying verbs, adjectives, and adverbs).
When a prepositional phrase follows a linking verb (especially the verb be), it is functioning in the same way as a predicative adjective, describing the subject (which must be a noun or pronoun). For example:. “ The cat is in the shed.” (The prepositional phrase in the shed is describing the subject the cat.). “ I am across the street.” (The prepositional phrase across the street is describing the subject I.). Which of the following is used to describe the subject of a clause? A) Predicate nounsb) Predicate pronounsc) Predicative adjectivesd) A & Be) B & Cf) All of the above2. Which of the following is used to rename the subject of a clause?
Object Complement
A) Predicate nounsb) Predicate pronounsc) Predicative adjectivesd) A & Be) B & Cf) All of the above3. Which of the following sentences uses a predicative adjective? A) “This soup tastes delicious!”b) “The project was a disaster.”c) “They are going to sell our beautiful old house tomorrow.”d) “It was he who sold the company to overseas investors.”4.
What kind of verbs must be used with a subject complement? A) Action verbsb) Linking verbsc) Stative verbsd) Non-finite verbs.
. The light in the chapel was warm and soft. Mrs. Rigney was my fourth-grade teacher. My fourth-grade teacher was exceptionally kind. 'Ruth and Thelma are my best friends, and their roomies are Tammy Hinsen and Rebecca Bogner.' (Dean Koontz, Lightning.
Give 5 Examples Of Subject Complement
Putnam's Sons, 1988). 'I knelt down and pulled on the edge of the stone with him, and it started to move with the sucking sound of thick mud. It smelled awful, and we looked at each other with sour faces.' (Patrick Carman, The Land of Elyon: Into the Mist. Scholastic Press, 2007). 'The Johnson children and Harbor Branch received $169 million. But if they were the true winners, no one was the loser.'
Object Complement And Subject Complement
(Barbara Goldsmith, Johnson V. Knopf, 1987). 'The very air was alive with the uncanny cries of phantoms that flew through the secret places of this region.
These mountains were unfriendly at the best of times.' (David Bilsborough, The Wanderer's Tale.