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STRUCTURES OF
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COMPLEMENTATION

JANNA MAE U. HERTEZ


COMPLEMENT
Every day is an opportuniny

A complement is a word or phrase that completes the statement. In


the sentence above, "every day is the subject, "is" is the verb that
links the subject and the complement, which is "an opportunity."
When the linking verb and the complement are merged as one
unit, they become a verb phrase. This makes up the states of
complementation.
COMPLEMENT
A structure of complementation is a verb phrase comprising two
major components a verbal component (VB) and a complement
(C). The verbal component may be a finite verb or verb phrase,
or a non-finite verb in the forms of an infinitive, an infinitive
without or a present participle. In short, it is the connection
between the verb and the word or group of words that complete
the meaning.
SUBJECT COMPLEMENT
There are two main complement structure categories: the subject
complement and the object complement.

Subject complement is a word or group of words that follow the linking


verb. The pattern is subject + linking verb + subjective complement,
such as "She is graceful "She is a subject, "is" is a linking verb, and
"graceful" is a complement, which is an adjective. The complements
could be a noun or pronoun, an object, an adjective, an adverb, a
functions word, an infinitive, a present participle.
EXAMPLES:
Today is my day. (noun)

Today is all there is. (function word)

Today is hot and humid. (adjective)

Today is almost ever. (adverb)

Her plan today is to go to the beach. (verb infinitive)

Today has been quite wiating. (verb present participle)


OBJECT COMPLEMENT
An object complement is a predicative expression that follows a
direct object or states what the "object has become. The pattern for
the objective complement sulyect transitive verh direct object, such
as "I saw the baby sleeping. In this sentence, "I" is the subject, "saw"
is the verb, and "the baby is sleeping" is the chjective complement,
where "is sleeping" is describing what "the baby" is doing.
EXAMPLES:
Objective complement could be a single word indefinite
pronoun, a single noun, an infinitive verb phrase, a
gerund, or a clause

She feels something. (single word indefinite pronoun)

She sees the pen. (single word-soun)

She wants to write about it. (infinitive verb phrase)

She desires writing the story (gerund)

She knows what he is doing. (clause)


OBJECT
COMPLEMENT
An object complement is also a combination of
an indirect and direct object. The pattern
subject + transitive verb + indirect object +
direct object
EXAMPLES:
The judges awarded him first prize.

Subject: the judges

Transitive verdel: awarded

Indirect object: him

Direct object: the prize


EXAMPLES:
My parents left me an inheritance

Subject: My parents

Transitive verb: left

Indirect object: me

Direct object: an inheritance


OBJECT
COMPLEMENT
Another structure of an objective complement
is a combination of a transitive verb, a direct
object, and an object of the preposition. The
pattern is subject transitive verb + direct
object + object of preposition
EXAMPLES:
The judges awarded the first prize to him.

Subject: the judges

Transitive verb: awarded

Direct object: the first prize

Object of the preposition: to him


EXAMPLES:
My parents left an inheritance to me.

Subject: My parents

Transitive verb: left

Direct object: an inheritance

Object of the preposition: to me


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