5. Subject and object complement
subject complement is the adjective, noun, or pronoun that follows a linking verb and describes or renames the subject of the sentence
The coplement can take two forms
→ Predicate nominative(noun , pronoun)
Subject comlepent→
→ Predicate adjective(adjective)
Predicate nominative
The noun should refer to the subject
*He is a footballer (predicate nominative)
* It (subj) was(LV) he who won the game.(subject complement pronoun)
* It was he who won the game(predicate nominative)
Don't mistake a subject complement for a direct object
Only linking verbs can have subject complements. If the verb is action, then the word that answers the question what? or who? after the subject + verb is a direct object.
2.Predicate adjective
Robert and John seemed happy
Copound subject Linking V Predicate adjetive
Examples
The light in the chapel was warm and soft.(predicate adjective)
Mrs. Rigney was my fourth-grade teacher.(PN)
· My fourth-grade teacher was exceptionally kind(PA).