Subject Complements
Subject Complements
My, don't you look nice today! <-- That's a complIment.
Unfortunately, that's not what this lesson about. Don't get me wrong, you do look nice, but this lesson will introduce you to complEments -- more specifically, SUBJECT COMPLEMENTS.
Complement is a word that means "a thing that completes or brings to perfection" and that's just what a subject complement does is a sentence. It completes or brings to a perfection a subject and linking verb.
You may remember that a simple sentence has a subject, a verb, and an object.
- He (subject) walks (verb) the dog (object).
But when a sentence uses a linking verb, it has a subject complement instead of an object.
- He (subject) is (linking verb) angry (subject complement)
- He (subject) = angry (subject complement)
The word angry complements, or adds to, the subject he very nicely.
Are you starting to understand? Try your hand at the practice questions, and then watch the video to make sure you've got it down pat.
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