Objective Compliment Murdock/White. Definition A noun or adjective that completes the meaning of or describes a direct object.

Slides:

Advertisements

Similar presentations

Advertisements

Predicate Nouns and Predicate Adjectives

Dependent Clauses: Review Which * although While * that When * because Whenever * before If * what Until * whatever Who * whichever Whom * whose.

Gerunds, Infinitives, and Participles. Oh my!

words that make a sentence more meaningful

LEARNING GRAMMAR IS AWESOME! Gerunds and Gerund Phrases.

Basic Sentence Construction

 The word complement comes from the Latin word complere which means “to fill up or complete”.  Complements COMPLETE the meaning of a verb.

**Reminders... - The forms of have are: have, has, and had - The forms of be are: is, are, was, were, be, being, been and am - The helping verb will always.

00 FINDING COMPLEMENTS First find the verb and label it action or linking.

GRAMMAR UNIT: COMPLEMENTS Definition: Words that complete the thoughts of a sentence are called complements. There are 2 kinds of complements: those that.

“To be” and linking Verbs

Verbs and Verbals Infinitives, Gerunds, and Participles.

Subjects, Complements, and Predicates By: Subjects: The Break Down Simple Subject Book Definition: “The main word or word group that tells whom or what.

Grammar Level 2: The Parts of the Sentence The study of the sentence is the study of thought itself. In order to express a thought, we must do two things:

Verbals Gerunds, Participles and Infinitives. The term verbal indicates that a gerund, like the other two kinds of verbals, is based on a verb and therefore.

Verbals: Gerunds, Infinitives, & Participles

Word of the Day: abjure transitive verb 1. To recant solemnly; renounce or repudiate: “But this rough magic I here abjure” (William Shakespeare, The Tempest).

Infinitive Phrases Advanced Composition. Infinitives A verbal that functions as a noun, an adjective, or an adverb. An infinitive usually begins with.

Assistance. Identify the Part of Speech of each word in this week’s sentence. Noun: Person, place, or thing Pronoun: Replaces a noun (he, she, we, etc.)

The Sentence is a group of words expressing a complete thought. expressing a complete thought.

Dr. Kenny. COPY THE FOLLOWING: It was (she, her) who came with us to the movies. (I, Me) gave into the pressure. All of us would rather be with (he, him)

DGP TUESDAY NOTES (Sentence Parts and Phrases)

Sentence Parts: Predicate Nominative The predicate nominative (PN) is a noun or pronoun that follows a linking verb. It renames the subject To find it,

The Parts of a Sentence Every complete sentence contains two parts: a subject and a predicate. The subject is what (or whom) the sentence is about, while.

Direct Objects, Indirect Objects, Subject Complement

Simple Subject/Simple Predicate  First we need: _______________________  Next we need a sentence: John ran to the store.  Now we need to put simple.

Objects and Complements

Intro to Lit Complements. Complement A word or group of words that completes the meaning of the predicate of a sentence 5 types direct objects indirect.

Not “compliments” Complements – think “completers”

Complements Complement - a word or word group that completes the meaning of a verb.

The Sentence and Its Parts II

Direct and Indirect Objects. Direct Objects How to Find a Direct Object 1. Find action verb 2. Ask “who?” or “what?” after the action verb One of the.

Subject Complements There are 4 types of complements:

11/9/2010. Parts of Speech: Noun Verb Preposition Adjective Adverb Interjection Conjunction Pronoun Parts of Sentence: Subject Predicate Direct Object.

Making Our Sentences Longer Additional Parts of the Sentence SubjectVerb Indirect Object Direct Object.

UHCL Writing Center Basic Sentence Construction. UHCL Writing Center Word Forms Sentences can contain Nouns, Verbs, Adverbs, Adjectives, and Prepositions.

Verbals. Definition A verbal is not a verb; it is a former verb doing a different job. Gerunds, participles, and infinitives are the three kinds of verbals.

GoBack definitions Level 1 Parts of Speech GoBack is a memorization game; the teacher asks students definitions, and when someone misses one, you go back.

Eng II. any head noun and the articles and adjectives that modify that noun. Head nouns are the main nouns of phrases. (Sometimes it is easiest to find.

Nouns as Objects and Object Complements  A noun can be a direct object. It answers who or what after the verb. The community opened a neighborhood center.

Complements There will be a Complements Unit Test Tuesday, February 24 th (write that at the top of your G.O.)

Parts of a Sentence Object of a Verb.  Complement; does NOT identify or modify the subject  Noun, pronoun, or word group that completes the meaning.

Direct Objects. A direct object will always follows the subject and the ACTION VERB. A direct object answers “WHAT” or “WHO” receives the action of the.

Predicate Nouns and Predicate Adjectives. P.N. and P.A. A predicate noun and a predicate adjective will come behind a LINKING verb.

PRONOUNS. Without pronouns Steve said Steve needed the calculator Steve purchased if Steve was going to complete Steve’s assignment on time. With pronouns.

Phrase Definition review. Consists of an appositive and any modifiers the appositive has.

Other examples Priya made her dad coffee Priya made (her dad) coffee Indirect object An indirect object is really a prepositional phrase in which the preposition.

Parts of Speech By: Miaya Nischelle Sample. NOUN A noun is a person place or thing.

Understanding Sentence Structure California Language Arts Standard 1.2 (9 th and 10 th Grade): Understand sentence construction and proper English Usage.

Parts of the Sentence Subject, Predicate, Complement.

 V = verb: action in the sentence  S = subject: noun or pronoun performing the action  DO = direct object: comes after an action verb and answers the.

Direct and Indirect Objects, Subject Complements

Comparative Adjectives. Comparative adjectives How do we use them?  There are 5 rules: g Rule 1 g Rule 2 g Rule 3 g Rule 4 g Rule 5 g Summary.

Linking verbs and complements in English grammar.

Pronoun Case Refers to:  What form a pronoun takes.  Sometimes we need to choose between I and me.  The way we determine which to use is if the pronoun.

Get your workbook and open your binder to the next fresh page.

I ran. Is this a complete sentence? Identify the subject.

The Sentence and Its Parts

Noun Clauses MAT 601 May 18, 2007.

DGP – Sentence 1 Sentence Parts.

Diagramming Sentences Notes

DGP WEDNESDAY NOTES (Sentence Parts and Phrases)

Sentence Parts and Phrases

PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES

Parts of Speech II.

Direct Object, Indirect Object, Object Complement

Phrases A word or group of words that act together as a unit but don’t usually contain a finite verb.

Presentation transcript:

Objective Compliment Murdock/White

Definition A noun or adjective that completes the meaning of or describes a direct object.

What it does…  An object complement follows the direct object and modifies or refers to the direct object. An object complement can be an adjective, a noun, a word, or a group of words which acts as an adjective or noun

How to find your direct/indirect object. Direct Object 1.Cross out any prepositional phrases. 2.Identify your subject and verb. 3.Ask “What or Whom?” Indirect Object 1. Cross out any prepositional phrases. 2. Identify your subject and verb. 3. Ask “To Whom or For Whom?”

Examples  If you elect me preside  nt, I'll keep the unions satisfied. ("President" is an object complement referring to the direct object "me." "Satisfied" is an object complement modifying the direct object "unions.")  The students elected Mary president. ("President" is an object complement referring to the direct object "Mary.")  Wool socks will keep your feet very warm. ("Very warm" is an object complement modifying the direct object "your feet.")

More examples  We called our doctor Bones. Simple subject = We Transitive active verb = called Direct object = doctor Objective complement = Bones We painted the town red. Simple subject = We Transitive active verb = painted Direct object = town Objective complement = red

Practice  Exercise 1: In each of the following sentences, indicate which is the object complement. 1. I find it fascinating. 2. The customer found a spider in his curry. 3. My son took several photos at the parade. 4. They called their new baby Apple. 5. He was appointed Assistant Professor. 6. The driver seems tired. 7. Paint it black. 8. The judge ruled her out of order. 9. I saw the Prime Minister sleeping. 10. They considered him a criminal. 11. We regarded him as a genius. 12. We found her sincere.

Practice 1.I find it fascinating. 2. The customer found a spider in his curry. 3. My son took several photos at the parade. 4. They called their new baby Apple. 5. He was appointed Assistant Professor. 6. The driver seems tired. 7. Paint it black.