This document discusses subject complements and provides examples of sentences containing subject complements. Subject complements are words that describe the subject of a sentence and follow a linking verb. Linking verbs include forms of "to be" as well as verbs like taste, smell, sound, feel, seem, look, appear, grow, remain, and become. Examples of sentences with subject complements include "The boy is funny" and "The lemon tastes sour."

1. A word or group of words that
complete the action of a verb.
Example: The dog is… (what???)
We need some word or phrase to tell
us what the dog is…
How about smelly???
The dog is smelly.

2.  Subject complements
We are learning about these today.
 Object complements
We will learn about them on Tuesday.

3.  Are words that describe the subject of a
sentence. They follow a linking verb.
 What are those linking verbs, you ask?
 They are:
Forms of to be: am, is, are, was, were, been and
being
Other linking verbs: taste, smell, sound, feel,
seem, look, appear, grow, remains and become

4.  Here are some sentences with subject
complements:
 1. The boy is funny. subject
 2. The lemon tastes sour.
Subject
 3. I am tired. complement

5.  1. The house is too warm.
 2. My mother appears angry.
 3. We were happy to be there.
 4. I am a teacher.

6.  1. The house is too warm.
 2. My mother appears angry.
 3. We were happy to be there.
 4. I am a teacher.

7.  Like:
She is my sister.
The dog is a pest.
My car is a mess.

8.  Like:
She is my sister.
The dog is a pest.
My car is a mess.

9. Predicate
Nouns

10.  Examples:
The sky is beautiful.
The school is messy.
Jerry is funny.

11. The sky is beautiful.
The school is messy.
Jerry is funny.

12. Predicate
Adjectives

13. 1. is one PN
2. is movement PN
3. is form PN
4. are traditional PA
5. are dances PN
6. look imaginative PA
7. appears elegant PA
8. is dance PN
9. seem popular PA

14. 10. became
fashionable PA
11. Was fad PN
12. Was craze PN
13. Was jitterbug PN
14. Became free PA
15. Remains activity PN