What is the complement of:
a) "The snake looks hungry."
b) "The lizard seemed stunned."
c) "Its skin is scaly."
d) "Scales cover a snakes body."
e) "John will feed Izzy."
f) "We will photograph Mary."
g) "It feels sticky."
answers
a) hungry
b) stunned
c) scaly
d) not sure
e) feed
f) photograph
g) sticky
Are these w=right? Please help me.. Thank You, all help is greatly appreciated.
"photograph" and "feed" are verbs. Complements must be nouns or adjectives or participles.
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Let's go through each sentence and identify the complement:
a) "The snake looks hungry."
The complement of "looks" is the adjective that describes the state of the snake. In this case, the complement is "hungry."
b) "The lizard seemed stunned."
Similarly, the complement of "seemed" is the adjective that describes the state of the lizard. Therefore, the complement here is "stunned."
c) "Its skin is scaly."
In this sentence, the complement of "is" is the adjective that describes the skin of the subject (its). The complement here is "scaly."
d) "Scales cover a snake's body."
This sentence doesn't contain a clear verb that takes a complement. The subject "scales" is the main focus of the sentence, and "cover" is the verb. It doesn't require a complement in this context.
e) "John will feed Izzy."
In this sentence, "feed" is the main verb. The object that receives the action of the verb is "Izzy." So, the complement here is "feed."
f) "We will photograph Mary."
Here, "photograph" is the main verb, and "Mary" is the object of the verb. So, the complement is "photograph."
g) "It feels sticky."
The verb "feels" here takes an adjective complement that describes the state of "it." In this case, the complement is "sticky."
So, to summarize the correct answers:
a) hungry
b) stunned
c) scaly
d) no complement
e) feed
f) photograph
g) sticky