WEEK 10

Question 1

Subject (S)

Answer 1

• the person/number of the subject dictates the form of the verb.
• can be replaced by a subjective pronoun
  remember: the subject is not always the ‘doer of the action’.

Question 2

Verbal element (V)

Answer 2

doing words eg. Laughed, was, baked, laughs

Question 3

Object (O)

Answer 3

• the object comes directly after the verb.
• the object is usually a NP

Question 4

Complement (C)

Answer 4

two types:
- subject complements
- object complements

Question 5

Adverbial (A)

Answer 5

eg. beautifully, noisily

Question 6

function labels

Answer 6

S V she laughs
S V Od she bakes cakes
S V Oi Od she baked him a cake
S V Cs She was happy
S V Od Co He found her attractive
S V A She laughed raucously