5. In the following sentence, what is the subject complement?
My neighbor is a newspaper reporter. A. Neighbor
B. Reporter
C. Newspaper
D. My
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To identify the subject complement in the given sentence "My neighbor is a newspaper reporter," we need to understand what a subject complement is. A subject complement is a word or phrase that follows a linking verb and provides additional information about the subject.
In this sentence, the linking verb is "is," and it connects the subject "neighbor" to the subject complement. The subject complement in this case is "newspaper reporter" because it describes what the neighbor is.
Therefore, the subject complement in the sentence is B. Reporter.