An object complement

Subject: An object complement Fri Apr 23, 2010 4:19 pm

[An object complement
An object complement is a word or phrase that describes or renames a direct object. Object complements can be either adjectives or nouns: We called our back yard the base \camp\. Yard is the direct object and camp is the complement. yard = base camp

/Direct Objects/
A direct object is the object of an action verb. In the sentence “The rat .ate. the /cheese/.,” the verb is “.ate.” and the noun “rat” is the subject of the verb. The noun /cheese/ is the direct object of the verb .ate. and is marked with forward slashes.
1. A direct object names the person or thing that receives the action carried out by the subject.
2. To find a direct object in a sentence, first look for an action verb. Then say the subject and .verb. followed by whom or what.

Verb and Direct Objects
There are two types of verbs: transitive and intransitive.
A transitive verb may have these forms:
transitive with active voice
transitive with passive voice
transitive with no voice
1. A verb that has a direct object or a subject receiving its action is a transitive verb.
2. When a direct object receives the action of a transitive verb, that verb is said to have an active voice. A sentence in which the verb has an active voice, the verb will be a transitive active verb.
The artist .drew. a /picture/.
The direct object, /picture/, receives the action of the verb, .drew.
3. When the subject receives the action of a transitive verb, that verb is said to have a passive voice. The verb is then a transitive passive verb, as in the following sentence:
The picture .was drawn. by an artist.
The subject, picture, receives the action of the verb.
4. A verb that has no receiver of its action is an intransitive verb and has no voice.
The bus .ran. late. (No object or subject received the action)
(Bus ran what? Nothing; ran is an intransitive verb.)
5. The following linking verbs are always intransitive: is, am, are, was, were, be, being, been. Also, the forms of the verbs become, seem, and appear are intransitive.

Personal Pronouns
Words that can take the place of nouns and do the same thing as nouns are called pronouns. Pronouns are marked according to the part they play in a sentence. Otherwise they are left unmarked.
1. A pronoun is the part of speech that can be used in place of a noun.
Example with she:
Tina is sleeping now. She was up late last night. (She replaces Tina)
2. Pronouns that refer mainly to persons are personal pronouns. They are said to have person: first person, second person, and third person.
First person is the person speaking: I will join.
Second person is the person spoken to: You will join.
Third person is the person spoken about: He will join.
3. Personal pronouns formed by adding self or selves to other pronouns are called compound personal pronouns: myself, herself, yourselves
4. Pronouns can be singular or plural, giving them number, one or more.
me he we I they
5. Pronouns are classified as singular or plural according to their number.
Singular:
First Person Singular: I, me, my, mine, myself
Second Person Singular: you, your, yours, yourself
Third Person Singular: he, him, his, she, her, hers, it, its, itself
Plural:
First Person Plural: we, us, our, ours, ourselves
Second Person Plural: you, your, yours, yourselves
Third Person Plural: they, them, their, theirs, themselves

Subject: Re: An object complement Mon May 03, 2010 4:16 pm

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