Subjective Complements and Phrases

Subjective Complements and Phrases

Assessment

Interactive Video

English

9th - 10th Grade

Hard

Created by

Richard Gonzalez

FREE Resource

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.

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What can subjective complements be in a sentence?

Nouns or adjectives

Only adjectives

Only nouns

Verbs

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

Verb

Direct object

Subjective complement

Subject

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

The Germans

The

Became

Impatient

8.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

The preposition

The verb

The subject

The object