Complements A complement is called a complement because it completes the predicate in a sentence. An object complement follows the direct object and modifies or refers to the direct object. The students elected Mary president . Wool socks will keep your feet very warm . A subject complement follows a linking verb and modifies or refers to the subject.
Subject complements have two subgroups, predicate adjectives and predicate nouns.
I am not yet experienced . Teaching Suggestions Have students sit in a circle and write freely for 15 minutes on a topic related to the class. Have each student give his or her writing to the person to their right, and have that person find and identify on the paper the complements of all kinds. Pass papers to the right again and have each student check and correct the last student's findings. If literature is being taught, use the reading of the day to teach complements.