Understanding Complements in Sentences

The video tutorial covers subject and object complements, explaining their types and functions. It includes exercises to identify and use complements in sentences, such as underlining subject complements and circling objects. The tutorial also provides practice with jumbled words and sentence completion, helping students understand how complements describe or identify subjects and objects.

What is the primary function of a subject complement in a sentence?

• To act as a conjunction

• To describe the object

• To describe the subject

• To modify the verb

What is the role of a subject complement in a sentence?

• To modify the verb

• To describe the subject

• To connect clauses

• To act as an object

Which of the following is an example of a noun phrase as a subject complement?

• The boy is a student

• She sings beautifully

• They are running fast

• The cake tastes sweet

What type of phrase is 'very tired' in the sentence 'My brother seemed very tired'?

• Noun phrase

• Verb phrase

• Adverb phrase

• Adjective phrase

Which of the following sentences contains a subject complement?

• The cake tastes delicious

• He painted the wall blue

• She called him a genius

• They elected her president

In the sentence 'The pudding tastes quite blunt', what is 'quite blunt'?

• Object complement

• Subject

• Subject complement

• Object

Which sentence contains a subject complement?

• They elected her president

• The cake tastes delicious

• The teacher called him a genius

• He painted the wall blue

In the sentence 'The renovation of the house cost a fortune', what is 'a fortune'?

• Object complement

• Subject complement

• Object

• Subject

What is an object complement?

• A word that describes the subject

• A word that follows a transitive verb and describes the object

• A word that modifies the verb

• A word that connects two clauses

In the sentence 'The noise was driving us mad', what is 'mad'?

• Subject complement

• Prepositional phrase

• Object complement

• Adverbial phrase