Identify the subject, verb, compliment, prepositional phrases and adjectives.
1. The last scene of the play is very intense.
2. Those two small birds are finches.
3. My goldfish Alanzo grows larger everyday.
4. Andrea's report on digitial recording is a highly detailed and technical one.
5. When did uncas become a chief of the Mohegans?
1. scene-subject, is-verb, intense-compliment, of the play-prep phrase, last-adj
2.birds-sub, are-verb, finches-compliment, small-adjective
3. Alanzo-subject, grows-verb, everyday-compliment, larger-adj
4. report-sub, is-verb, detailed-compliment, on digitial recording-prep phrase, highly-adj
5. uncas-sub, become-verb, chief-compliment, of the Mohegan-prep phrase
2, You're missing an adjective
3, Complement is wrong
4. Complement and adjective are wrong
1 and 5 are right.
2. TWO- ADJ
3. Can larger be a compliment and adjective both
4.highly-compliment, detailed, technical-adj
2, Yes.
3. Yes larger is a predicate adjective, also called a subject complement.
4. Andrea's report on digitial recording is a highly detailed and technical one.
report - subj., verb- is, one - complement, on digital recording - prep phrase, detailed, technical - adj;
Great job! Here's a breakdown of the subject, verb, complement, prepositional phrases, and adjectives for each sentence:
1. The last scene of the play is very intense.
- Subject: scene
- Verb: is
- Complement: intense
- Prepositional phrase: of the play
- Adjective: last
2. Those two small birds are finches.
- Subject: birds
- Verb: are
- Complement: finches
- Adjective: those, small
3. My goldfish Alanzo grows larger everyday.
- Subject: goldfish
- Verb: grows
- Complement: larger
- Prepositional phrase: everyday
- Adjective: My
4. Andrea's report on digital recording is a highly detailed and technical one.
- Subject: report
- Verb: is
- Complement: one
- Prepositional phrase: on digital recording
- Adjectives: Andrea's, highly detailed, technical
5. When did Uncas become a chief of the Mohegans?
- Subject: Uncas
- Verb: become
- Complement: chief
- Prepositional phrase: of the Mohegans
Remember, a subject is typically the main noun or pronoun that the sentence is about. The verb is the action word or the state of being. The complement provides more information about the subject or completes the verb. Prepositional phrases begin with a preposition and provide additional details about the noun or verb. Adjectives describe or modify nouns.