Identify the complement in each sentence. Then, indicate its type in
parentheses.
Football is a sport and also entertainment. (indirect objects, predicate nouns)
_____________________________ Please help. I have no idea how to do this. I don't know how to do it. help!
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Hint: That particular sentence has no indirect object in it.
The complement includes the nouns, adjectives, and/or pronouns after the verb.
The subject and verb are:
Football is
So -- the rest of the sentence is the complement.
a sport and also entertainment
If the complements mean the same or describe the subject, they are predicate nouns.
If they receive the action of the verb, they are direct objects.
What kind of complement do you think this is?
Ohhhhh. A sport and also entertainment is the compliment (Predicate noun) Right?
Yes, right!
Okay, thank you guys!
You're welcome, Mark.
Just in case Mark ever comes back to re-read this:
Only the nouns are considered predicate nouns. The words the, a, and, also (etc.) are not parts of the predicate nouns although they do serve to describe and connect them.