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Subject-Verb-Complement-Adverb: "She painted the room beautifully." Subject-Verb-Adverb-Complement: "He danced gracefully at the party." Subject-Verb-Complement-Complement: "They elected her president unanimously." Subject-Verb-Adverb-Complement: "The team played exceptionally well in the tournament."
Yes, a sentence with a linking verb will often have a subject complement. The subject complement renames or describes the subject and is connected to it by the linking verb.
That sentence contains a subject complement, where "became" links the subject "novel" with the predicate nominative "an overnight bestseller."
Examples of subject nouns:The hour is getting late.John brought cookies for everyone.My teacher said I did very well.What did the dog do? (the dog did what)That building is new.
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A subject complement follows a linking verb and renames or describes the subject. A subject complement can be a noun or an adjective.Sarah Silverman is a comedian.Here, comedian renames Sarah Silverman, so comedian is the subject complement.
The two kinds of complements are subject complements(which follow a linking verb) renaming the subject, and object complements (which follow a direct object) renaming the direct object.Subject complement: Ms. Burns is my new teacher.Object complement: This is my new teacher, Ms. Burns.
Not necessarily. In the English language, the only part of speech that must be present in a sentence is a verb; a sentence such as 'Sit.' contains only a verb, but it makes logical sense.A sentence that does not have a subject and predicate is called a minor sentence. Minor sentences have what is sometimes known as an invisible subject; that is, the subject is not present in the sentence, but still exists.For example, in the sentence 'Sit.', the subject is 'You', as that is the person being told to sit; the subject is not present in the sentence, however, and is therefore an invisible subject.
A subject complement follows a linking verb and renames or describes the subject. A subject complement can be a noun, a pronoun, or an adjective.Example: Sarah Silverman is a comedian.Here, comedian renames Sarah Silverman, so comedian is the subject complement (Sarah Silverman = comedian).Example: Sarah Silverman is hilarious.Here, hilarious describes Sarah Silverman, so hilarious is the subject complement (Sarah Silverman = hilarious).
The pronoun in the sentence is what, the subjectof the sentence.In the sentences "What was said about the program?", the pronoun 'what' is an interrogative pronoun, a word that introduces a question.The antecedent of the pronoun 'what' is the answer to the question.
There is no subject complement in that sentence. A subject complement is a noun, pronoun, or adjective that follows a linking verb. Left is the verb, and it's transitive, not linking.