Question

Can u make me undestand about complement

Answer 1

A subject complement is the adjective, noun, or pronoun that follows a linking verb. The following verbs are true linking verbs: any form of the verb be [am, is, are, was, were, has been, are being, might have been, etc.], become, and seem. These true linking verbs are always linking verbs. Then you have a list of verbs that can be linking or action: appear, feel, grow, look, prove, remain, smell, sound, taste, and turn. If you can substitute any of the verbs on this second list with an equal sign [=] and the sentence still makes sense, the verb is almost always linking. Read these examples: Brandon is a gifted athlete. Brandon = subject; is = linking verb; athlete = noun as subject complement. It was he who caught the winning touchdown Friday night. It = subject; was = linking verb; he = pronoun as subject complement. Brandon becomes embarrassed when people compliment his skill. Brandon = subject; becomes = linking verb; embarrassed = adjective as subject complement. Brandon's face will turn red. Face = subject; will turn = linking verb; red = adjective as subject complement. [Will turn is linking because if you substitute this verb with an equal sign, the sentence still makes sense.] Don't mistake a subject complement for a direct object. Only linking verbs can have subject complements. If the verb is action, then the word that answers the question what? or who? after the subject + verb is a direct object. When Michelle woke up this morning, she felt sick. She = subject; felt = linking verb; sick = subject complement. [Felt is linking because if you substitute this verb with an equal sign, the sentence still makes sense.] Michelle felt her forehead but did not detect a temperature. Michelle = subject; felt = action verb. She felt what? Forehead = direct object. [Felt is action because if you substitute this felt with an equal sign, the sentence does not make sense.] Use subject pronouns as subject complements.

The chart below contains subject and object pronouns. Because a subject complement provides more information about the subject, use the subject form of the pronoun—even when it sounds strange.

Subject Pronouns Object Pronouns I
we
you
he, she, it
they
who me
us
you
him, her, it
them
whom