SENTENCE STRUCTURE , cont.

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SENTENCE STRUCTURE , cont.

• What is in the predicate besides the verb?

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Review

• My kitties saw the toy.
• My kitties are crazy cats.

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Review

• My kitties saw the toy.
• My kitties are crazy cats.
• Complete Complete
• subject predicate

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Review

• My kitties saw the toy.
• My kitties are crazy cats.
• Simple verb
• subject
• The predicate of the sentence has a verb always
  but often more!

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Complete Predicate

• The complete predicate always includes a verb.
• AND it often also contains a COMPLEMENT
• A complement is a word or group of words that
  complete the meaning of the predicate in the
  sentence

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Complements

• Kinds of Complements
• Following some action verbs
• Direct objects
• Indirect objects
• Following linking verbs
• Predicate nominative
• Predicate adjective

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Complements -direct objects

• Some action verbs (transitive action verbs)
  perform an action on something or someone.
• My kitties saw the toy.

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Complements -direct objects

• Some action verbs (transitive action verbs)
  perform an action on something or someone.
• My kitties saw the toy.
• The direct object is the object receiving the
  action.
• My kitties saw their toy.

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Complements -direct objects

• Some action verbs (transitive action verbs)
  perform an action on something or someone.
• My kitties saw the toy.
• The direct object is the object receiving the
  action.
• My kitties saw their toy.
• saw verb toy direct object
• Test for direct object Subject verb what?
• Kitties saw what? Their toy

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Complements -direct objects

• Some action verbs (transitive action verbs)
  perform an action on something or someone.
• My kitties saw the toy.
• The object receiving the action is called the
  direct object.
• My kitties saw their toy.
• saw verb toy direct object
• P 293 Ex 20 (1-5)

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Complements - indirect objects

• Indirect object is the noun or pronoun that
• appears with the direct object and
• names the person or thing that something is given
  to or done for.
• Tuxie gave Trixie the toy
• Test subject action verb. To/for whom/what?

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Complements - indirect objects

• Some direct objects have indirect objects
• Indirect object is the noun or pronoun that
• appears with the direct object and
• names the person or thing that something is given
  to or done for.
• Test subject action verb. To/for whom/what?
• Tuxie gave Trixie the toy.
• verb direct
  object

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Complements - indirect objects

• Test subject action verb. To/for whom/what?
• Indirect object is the noun or pronoun that
• appears with the direct object and
• names the person or thing that something is given
  to or done for.
• Tuxie gave Trixie the toy.
• verb direct object
• indirect object

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Complements - indirect objects

• Page 295, ex 22 (1-5), 23 (1-5)
• Find the action verb
• Ask to/for whom/what?
• The answer is the indirect object
• WRITE DOWN THE INDIRECT OBJECT

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Complements

• Kinds of Complements
• Following some action verbs (transitive)
• Direct objects
• Indirect objects
• Following linking verbs (is, was, are)
• Predicate nominative
• Predicate adjective