Subjective Complements and Phrases

The video tutorial explains how to diagram subjective complements in sentences. It covers the use of nouns and adjectives as subjective complements and demonstrates the process with examples like 'He was a man with a chip on his shoulder,' 'The soup tastes foul,' and 'The Germans became impatient.' The tutorial highlights the use of diagonal lines in diagramming to indicate subjective complements and their relation to the subject.

What can subjective complements be in a sentence?

• Nouns or adjectives

• Only adjectives

• Only nouns

• Verbs

In the sentence 'He was a man with a chip on his shoulder', what is the subjective complement?

• He

• Was

• A man

• With a chip

How is a subjective complement diagrammed in relation to the subject?

• With a perpendicular line

• With a diagonal line pointing back to the subject

• With a horizontal line

• With a vertical line

What type of phrase is 'with a chip on his shoulder' in the sentence 'He was a man with a chip on his shoulder'?

• Noun phrase

• Verb phrase

• Adjectival prepositional phrase

• Adverbial phrase

In the sentence 'The soup tastes foul', what role does 'foul' play?

• Verb

• Direct object

• Subjective complement

• Subject

What is unusual about the adjective 'foul' in the sentence 'The soup tastes foul'?

• It is a direct object

• It is a verb

• It sits on the Baseline

• It is a noun

In the sentence 'The Germans became impatient', what is the subjective complement?

• The Germans

• The

• Became

• Impatient

What does the subjective complement 'impatient' relate back to in the sentence 'The Germans became impatient'?

• The preposition

• The verb

• The subject

• The object