Sentence Completers
What is a complement?
A sentence completer.
A complement that follows an action verb is called what?
an object.
Find the direct object.
He gave the book to me.
Book
An indirect object is a ______ or ________ that is located between the action verb and the __________ of a sentence.
noun, pronoun, direct object.
A predicate nominative is a __________ or _______
that follows a _____ _________ and renames the subject.
noun or pronoun
linking verb
To find a complement, say the verb and ask...?
What or whom?
Fill in the blank.
A direct object is a _____ or _______ that follows an action verb and receives the action from the verb.
noun or pronoun
True or false.
Only action verbs have objects.
true
Find the indirect object.
I sent my mother a birthday card.
mother
True or false.
Predicate nominatives come after the linking verb unless the sentence is a question.
true
The word in the ________ that answers that question is a complement.
Predicate
Tyler found his dog.
subject- tyler
verb- found
Direct object- dog
True of false.
If a sentence does not have a linking verb, it will not have a direct object.
false.
If a sentence does not have an action verb, it will not have a direction object.
Find the _______ object first and then the indirect object.
direct
A predicate adjective is a _______ complement.
What is the complement in the following sentence?
The student found his book.
book
Find the direct object in this sentence.
I called my aunt in Plymouth last night.
Aunt
A direct object answers the questions _____ or _____ after the subject and verb.
what or whom
Find the indirect object of this sentence.
Father bought me a puppy.
me
Find the predicate adjective.
This milk tastes sour.
sour
Find the complement in the following sentence.
I love science and math.
Science and Math
A direct object will never be in a prepositional phrase.
True
The teacher read a story after lunch.
adjective, subject, adjective, D.O. Prepositional phrase.
Indirect objects ask 4 questions. What are they?
to whom
for whom
to what
for what
True or False
A predicate adjective is an adjective which describes the verb.
false