Download Complements

Objects of Verbs…not just a nice thing people say
Subject Complement—
pg 21
 Word or group of words that follows a linking verb and
renames or describes the subject.
 Florida is the Garden State
Linking Verb Review???
Linking Verb
 Links the subject with a different noun or adjective
that describes or tells more about the subject.
 They do not express action
True Linking Verbs
 any form of the verb be
 Were
 Am
 has been
 Is
 are being
 Are
 might have been
 Was
 Become
 seem
Multiple Personality Linking Verbs
 Appear
 Remain
 feel
 Smell
 grow
 Sound
 Look
 Taste
 Prove
 turn
Sometimes they are liking verbs and
sometimes they are action
verbs…stinkers
Linking Verbs Practice
 Worksheet
Subject Complement—
pg 21
 Word or group of words that follows a linking verb and
renames or describes the subject.
 Florida is the Garden State
More Practice
Circle the subject. Underline the linking verb. Square the subject
complement and draw an arrow from the subject complement to the
subject.
 Norman appears uneasy and nervous.
 Henrietta was being weird last night.
 Ester smells like skunk.
 I am the King of the World.
Predicate Noun
 Still a Subject Complement
 Can define or rename the subject
 Is just the noun—no modifiers included—not a
phrase!
 Sioux Falls is the largest city in South Dakota.
Predicate Adjective
 Again…still a subject complement
 Describes the quality of the subject
 Is just the modifier of the subject.
 McDonald’s cheeseburgers are tasty.
Practice Subject Complements
 Pg 22
 Parts A and B
Objects of Verbs pg 23
 Action verbs tend to have complements that answer
the questions
 What?
 Whom?
 To whom?
 To what?
 For whom?
 For what?
Direct
Object
 Word or group of words that names the receiver of
the action
 Find the verb than ask what or whom
 Chad took Chadena to the movies

Took whom? Chadena
 Miles fills up the car.
 Fills what? car
Direct Object
 Word or group of words that names the receiver of the
action
 Many boys in “Singing Boys” sing songs.
 Sometimes the seventh graders ask silly questions.
Direct Object Practice
 Direct Object Worksheet 1
Indirect Object
 Word or group of words that tells to or for whom or
what an action is performed
 Ask yourself…for whom or for what?
 America’s Got Talent gives winners money.
 Gives what? Money
 To whom? winners
Verbs Often Followed by IDO
 Offer
 Bring
 Send
 Give
 Show
 Hand
 Teach
 Lend
 Tell
 Make
 Write
 ask
Indirect Object
 Word or group of words that tells to or for whom or
what an action is performed
 She sent him a letter
 Candy gave Alberto a slap on the face.
Indirect Object Practice
 Indirect Objects Worksheet 1
HOMEWORKS
 1-10 pg 24
 Worksheet 2