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What is the name for the second half of the sentence that contains the verb and any complements?
Predicate
A complement that follows an action verb is called what?
an direct 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 part of the sentence that comes before the verb and contains the nouns that the sentence is about.
subject
Tyler found his dog.
subject- tyler
verb- found
Direct object- dog
True or false.
If a sentence has a linking verb, it can not have a direct object.
True
Only sentences with action verbs will have a direct 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 appositive in the following sentence.
Mark Twain, a famous American author, wrote The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
author
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 are really prepositional phrases that leave off the preposition. Which two prepositions are usually left off?
to and for
True or False
A predicate adjective is an adjective which describes the verb.
false