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Complements
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What is a Complement?
  • Word or word group that completes the meaning of
    a verb.
  • Example
  • Incomplete- Dr. Charles Drew made. (what?)..
  • Complete- Dr. Charles Drew made advances in
    the study of blood plasma. (made what?)..

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Direct Object
  • A noun, pronoun, or word group that tells who or
    what is receiving the action.
  • Example
  • My uncle repairs engines and sells them. (Repairs
    what? Sells what?)

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Indirect Object
  • Noun, pronoun, or word group that sometimes
    appears in the sentences containing direct
    objects.
  • Answer to whom? or to what? or for whom? or
    for what?
  • Example
  • The waiter gave her the bill. (To whom did the
    waiter give the bill?)

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Subject Complement
  • Word or word group in the predicate that
    identifies or describes the subject.
  • Example
  • Julio has been president of his class since
    October. (President identifies the subject Julio.
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