Three Major Sentence Patterns Flashcards
What is a subject linking Verb – subject complement
a predicative expression that follows a linking verb and that complements the subject of the sentence by either renaming it or describing it.
What is a subject verb
if a subject is singular, its verb must also be singular; if a subject is plural, its verb must also be plural.
What is a subject complement
A subject complement is the adjective, noun, or pronoun that follows a linking verb.
Definition of subject verb
Plural form subjects with a singular meaning take a singular and Plural form subjects with singular or plural meaning take a singular or plural verb, depending on meaning.
Definition of direct objects ( again)
noun
a noun phrase denoting a person or thing that is the recipient of the action of a transitive verb