Complements
Grammar Rules Guide - Chapter 9
A complement is called a complement because it completes the predicate in a sentence. There are two kinds of complements: object complements and subject complements
Object Complements
An object complement follows the direct object and modifies or refers to the direct object. An object complement can be an adjective, a noun, or a word or word group acting as an adjective or noun:
If you elect me president, I'll keep the unions satisfied.(President is an object complement referring to the direct object me. Satisfied is an object complement modifying the direct object unions.)
The students elected Mary president. (President is an object complement referring to the direct object Mary.)
Wool socks will keep your feet very warm. (Very warm is an object complement modifying the direct object your feet.)
Subject Complements
A subject complement follows a linking verb and modifies or refers to the subject. A subject complement can be an adjective, a noun, a pronoun, or a word or word group acting as an adjective or noun:
I am a teacher, but I am not yet experienced. (Teacher and experienced are both subject complements that modify the subject I.)
Subject complements have two subgroups, predicate adjectives and predicate nouns. A predicate adjective is a subject complement that is an adjective (see Appositives):
I am not yet experienced. (Experienced is a predicate adjective that modifies the subject I.)
A predicate noun (nominative) is a subject complement that is a noun:
I am a teacher. (Teacher is a predicate noun that refers to the subject I.)
Grammar Rules Guide Index
Active and Passive Voice - Chapter 1
Adjective, Adverb, and Noun Clauses - Chapter 2
Adjectives - Chapter 3
Adverbs - Chapter 4
Appositives - Chapter 5
Auxiliary Verbs - Chapter 6
Common and Proper Nouns - Chapter 7
Comparatives and Superlatives - Chapter 8
Complements - Chapter 9
Conjunctions - Chapter 10
Conjunctive Adverbs - Chapter 11
Dangling Modifiers - Chapter 12
Direct and Indirect Objects - Chapter 13
Fused Sentences, Run-Ons, and Comma Splices - Chapter 14
Homophones - Chapter 15
Independent and Dependent Clauses - Chapter 16
Interjections - Chapter 17
Mass and Count Nouns - Chapter 18
Misplaced Modifiers - Chapter 19
Noun and Pronoun Case - Chapter 20
Noun and Verb Phrases - Chapter 21
Nouns - Chapter 22
Parallelism - Chapter 23
Perfect and Progressive Verb Forms - Chapter 24
Prepositional Phrases - Chapter 25
Prepositions - Chapter 26
Principal Parts of Verbs - Chapter 27
Pronoun and Antecedent Agreement - Chapter 28
Pronouns - Chapter 29
Regular and Irregular Verbs - Chapter 30
Relative Clauses - Chapter 31
Restrictive and Non-Restrictive Clauses - Chapter 32
Sentence Fragments - Chapter 33
Sentence Types - Chapter 34
Subjects and Predicates - Chapter 35
Verb Mood - Chapter 36
Verbals and Verbal Phrases - Chapter 37
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