ENG 11 Grammar: Subject Complements (P. 38)

Exercise 1: Identifying Subject Complements

Identify the Subject Complement(s) in the sentence and whether they're a Predicate Nominative (PN) or Predicate Adjective (PA).

1. Despite the frost, the fruit trees remained healthy.

• frost (PN)

• trees (PN)

• trees (PA)

• healthy (PA)

• healthy (PN)

Exercise 1: Identifying Subject Complements

Identify the Subject Complement(s) in the sentence and whether they're a Predicate Nominative (PN) or Predicate Adjective (PA).

2. The student will become either an accountant or a banker.

• student (PN)

• banker (PN)

• accountant (PN)

• accountant (PN), banker (PN)

• accountant (PA), banker (PA)

Exercise 1: Identifying Subject Complements

Identify the Subject Complement(s) in the sentence and whether they're a Predicate Nominative (PN) or Predicate Adjective (PA).

3. The blister grew more painful.

• blister (PN)

• painful (PN)

• blister (PA)

• more (PA)

• painful (PA)

Exercise 1: Identifying Subject Complements

Identify the Subject Complement(s) in the sentence and whether they're a Predicate Nominative (PN) or Predicate Adjective (PA).

4. The house looked a mess after the party.

• mess (PA)

• party (PN)

• mess (PN)

• house (PN)

• party (PA)

Exercise 1: Identifying Subject Complements

Identify the Subject Complement(s) in the sentence and whether they're a Predicate Nominative (PN) or Predicate Adjective (PA).

5. Through the early morning mist, the foghorn sounded mournful and distant.

• mournful (PA), distant (PA)

• mournful (PN), distant (PN)

• mist (PN)

• foghorn (PN)

• early (PA)

Exercise 1: Identifying Subject Complements

Identify the Subject Complement(s) in the sentence and whether they're a Predicate Nominative (PN) or Predicate Adjective (PA).

6. Cockroaches are pests in many households.

• households (PN)

• many (PN)

• households (PA)

• pests (PN)

• pests (PA)

Exercise 1: Identifying Subject Complements

Identify the Subject Complement(s) in the sentence and whether they're a Predicate Nominative (PN) or Predicate Adjective (PA).

7. The man seems a competent violinist.

• man (PN)

• competent (PA)

• competent (PN)

• violinist (PN)

• violinist (PA)

Exercise 1: Identifying Subject Complements

Identify the Subject Complement(s) in the sentence and whether they're a Predicate Nominative (PN) or Predicate Adjective (PA).

8. Suddenly, the noise grew louder.

• noise (PN)

• louder (PA)

• Suddenly (PA)

• noise (PA)

• louder (PN)

Exercise 1: Identifying Subject Complements

Identify the Subject Complement(s) in the sentence and whether they're a Predicate Nominative (PN) or Predicate Adjective (PA).

9. The numbers on the calculator appeared faint.

• faint (PA)

• appeared (PA)

• calculator (PN)

• calculator (PA)

• faint (PN)

Exercise 1: Identifying Subject Complements

Identify the Subject Complement(s) in the sentence and whether they're a Predicate Nominative (PN) or Predicate Adjective (PA).

10. At the beginning of the race, the competitors felt exuberant and confident.

• exuberant (PN), confident (PN)

• beginning (PN)

• exuberant (PA), confident (PA)

• race (PN)

• race (PA)