Verb Minilesson: Subject Complements and Direct Objects

Subject
Complements &
Direct Objects

Minilesson

Subject Complements

●Subject complements can follow a LINKING VERB

●They rename or describe the subject

○Called PREDICATE NOMINATIVES/NOUNS (PN) or PREDICATE ADJECTIVES (PA)

●Example:

○The Hope Diamond is a beautiful GEM.

●The Hope Diamond is BEAUTIFUL.

This one renames.

This one describes.

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LV

What does this mean?

If you find a SUBJECT COMPLEMENT,

you have an INTRANSITIVE VERB

because you obviously have a linking

verb.

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Multiple Choice

What type of verbs go with subject complements?

• action

• linking

Multiple Choice

What is the subject in the following sentence:

She is very creative in all she does.

• She

• creative

• is

• in

Multiple Choice

What is the subject complement?

Mrs. Jones was very tired after a long day of running.

• Mrs. Jones

• was

• very

• tired

Multiple Choice

What is the subject complement?

He is excited to start soccer in the spring.

• he

• excited

• is

• soccer

Multiple Choice

What is the linking verb?

He was happy he got on the honor roll.

• he

• was

• happy

• roll

Multiple Choice

What is the subject complement?

The huge elephant was very slow.

• elephant

• huge

• was

• slow

Multiple Choice

What is the subject complement?

The rowboat was old.

• old

• rowboat

• the

• was

Multiple Choice

What is the subject complement?

She is a good neighbor.

• she

• is

• neighbor

• good

Multiple Choice

What is the subject complement?

Rainbows are beautiful.

• rainbows

• are

• beautiful

Multiple Choice

What is the subject complement?

Louis was the president of the student body.

• student

• president

• Louis

• was

Direct Objects

●Comes after an ACTION VERB

●Answers the question “WHAT?” or “WHO?” receives the ACTION

●Example:

○Many pirates sailed SHIPS during the 1500s and 1600s.

●Pirates stole CARGOES from ships.

AV

AV

Pirates sailed
WHAT?

Pirates stole
WHAT?

Again...

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what does this mean?

If you find a direct object in the

sentence, you have a
TRANSITIVE VERB!

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Multiple Choice

The direct object is the who/what

• doing the action

• receiving the action

Multiple Choice

Maddox picked up the baby from her crib.

Who or What is the Direct Object?

• Maddox

• baby

• picked up

• crib

Multiple Choice

Jesse brought fruit salad and cinnamon chips to the picnic.

Which of these is the compound direct object?

• Jesse/brought

• Salad/Chips

• fruit/cinnamon

• to/picnic

Multiple Choice

Ceceilia rearranged and cleaned her jewelry.

Which is the Direct Object?

• Ceceilia

• rearranged / cleaned

• jewelry

• none

Multiple Choice

Every morning, Minah drinks chocolate milk for breakfast.

Which word is the Direct Object?

• Minah

• milk

• breakfast

• none

Multiple Choice

Paige threw the ball at practice to warm up her arm.

Which is the Direct Object?

• Paige

• ball

• practice

• warm

Multiple Choice

Ally traveled in 2019

• Ally

• traveled

• in 2019

• None

Multiple Choice

Victoria braided Alexis' hair.

Which word is the Direct Object?

• Victoria

• braided

• Alexis'

• hair

Multiple Choice

If the direct object is the thing you're doing, what part of speech will it be?

• noun/pronoun

• verb

• adjective

• adverb

How do we find them? How do we know something is receiving an action?

• FIRST ➝ Identify your action verb.

• THEN ➝ Ask yourself WHOM or WHAT after the action verb. "The subject [verb] WHAT?" or "The subject [verb] WHOM?"

• That's it!

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Show you know Verbs #9: Subject complements

Show you know Verbs #10: Direct Objects

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