Common Core Skills Practice:

Grammar Lesson #9
Adapted from resources by Frances Peck available on:
Univ. of Ottawa: arts.uottawa.ca/writcent/hypergrammar/objcompl.html
Objects
Verbs may be followed by an object,
completing the verbs meaning.
! Direct Objects: To check for these nouns
and pronouns, identify the verb and ask
whom? or what? after it.
! Indirect Objects: These nouns and
pronouns receive the action of the direct
object. To check for indirect objects, ask to
whom?, to what?, for whom?, or for
what? after the verb.
Practicing Identification
The quarterback drove a shiny black Mustang to
school.

The ballerinas patron sent her a dozen red
roses.

The angry crowd rose from their seats in protest.

After school, Billy plays in the backyard.
Transitive and Intransitive Verbs
In the previous example, the first two
sentences that contain objects, also contain
transitive verbs.
! Etymology: trans (across) + ive (doing)

The second set of sentences without objects
contain intransitive verbs.
Etymology: in (not) + trans (across) + ive (doing)

Subject Complements
! Linking verbswhich we learned about in
the verb lessonare not followed by objects.
! They are followed by subject complements,
words or phrases that follow the verb.
Examples:
She was a radiologic technician before she
became a full-time salesperson.

His home-cooked chili smells fantastic.
Subject Complement, cont.
! A subject complement can be either a
noun or an .
! A {predicate nominative} is a noun that
completes a linking verb and renames
the subject. To check, replace the verb
with the word equals.
! A {predicate } comes after a
linking verb and modifies the subject. It
answers which?, whose?, what
kind?, and how many?.
Practicing Identification
An honest person should have been the leader
of the group.

Carlas favorite food must be peanut butter and
jelly sandwiches.

Their performance of The Wizard of Oz was
comical.

This popcorn tastes too salty.