Hi there. I'm Jennifer from English with Jennifer, and did you know I just gave you
your first example of a subject compliment? I am Jennifer. We have "I" as the subject,
"am" is the linking verb, and then "Jennifer." "Jennifer" is equivalent to "I." Who am I?
I'm Jennifer. Jennifer defines who I am. It's the subject complement.
A subject complement is necessary because it completes the subject.
The sentence structure is: subject + verb + complement.
Subject complements are often nouns: proper nouns and common nouns. I am Jennifer. I'm a teacher.
I'm a native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. We can also, though not often, have a pronoun
as a subject complement. Do you know the polite way to confirm your identity over the phone?
Someone asks, "May I speak to Jennifer, please?" "Speaking," or, "This is she.."
This is she: subject + linking verb + complement. How would you complete these sentences?
You may hear the term "predicate nominative" or "predicate nominative," which is hard
to say and hard to remember. It just means that the subject complement is a noun. So,
guess what a predicate adjective is? It's a subject complement that is an adjective.
You're smart. Social media is useful. Social media is incredibly useful.
The subject complement can be a single word adjective
or an adjective with other words modifying it.
Whether it's long or short, this kind of subject complement describes the subject.
All subject complements follow a linking verb. The most common linking verb is "be," but
there are others including: become, appear, seem, look, smell, taste, sound, grow, get.
How would you complete these sentences? The soup smells...
delicious, wonderful, yummy. Aaron looks...
upset, worried, distressed. When you do the same thing day in and day out, it's easy to grow...
bored, restless. Besides nouns and adjectives,
it's also possible to see other kinds of subject complements. Take a look.
My most embarrassing moment was when I showed up at the wrong dinner party.
Prepositional phrases can also be subject complements, especially set phrases or idioms,
for example: The patient was in a coma.
I was feeling under the weather. She must be out of her mind. You seem a little out of it.
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