7) Nouns are subject complement
A noun, pronoun or adjective
that renames or describes the subject after a verb of being or
a linking verb.
Here subject complement may be
noun or pronoun or adjectives.
Examples: -
·
He
is an engineer.
[here “engineer” is a noun that act as a subject complement for
the noun (subject) “He”]
·
I
became a doctor.
[here “doctor” is a noun that act as a subject complement for
the noun (subject) “I”]
·
The
sweets are delicious.
[here “delicious” is an adjective that act as a subject
complement for the noun (subject “sweets”)]
·
The
duty is changed to her.
[here “her” is a pronoun that act as a subject complement for
the noun (subject) “duty”]
·
The
art looks nice.
[here “nice” is an adjective that act as a subject complement
for the noun (subject) “art”]
·
The
dog was named Jimmy.
[here “Jimmy” is a noun that act as a subject complement for the
noun (subject) “dog”]
·
Her
cooking is tasty.
[here “tasty” is an adjective that act as a subject complement
for the noun(subject) “Her cooking”]
·
She
wants to be a teacher.
[here “teacher” is a noun
that act as a subject complement for the noun (subject) “she”]
·
The
food tasted yummy.
[here “yummy” is an adjective that act as a subject complement
for the noun (subject) “food”]
·
Ravi
replaced for me.
[here “me” is a pronoun that act as a subject complement for the
noun (subject) “Ravi”]
·
The
dance could categorize Bharatham.
[here “Bharatham” is a noun that act as a subject complement for
the noun (subject) “dance”]
8) Nouns
are retained object.
A noun or pronoun answering
"whom" or "what" after a passive verb.
Examples: -
·
Srilanka was won by three wickets.
(What was Srilanka won by?
The answer is “three wickets”, so the retained object is three wickets.)
·
The car had been bought by my friend.
(Whom had the car been
bought by? The answer is “my friend”, so the retained object is my friend)
·
Our planet is wrapped in a mass of
gases.
(What
is our planet wrapped in? The answer is “mass of gases”, so the retained object
is mass of gases.)
·
You will be tested on your marks.
(What
will you be tested on you ? The answer is “marks”, so the retained object is
marks.)
·
She was being
invited to the party.
(What
was she being invited to? The answer is “party”, so the retained object is
party.)
·
The meeting
will have been postponed by the leader.
(Whom
will the meeting have been postponed by ? The answer is “leader”, so the
retained object is leader.)
·
The art was drawn by Nimal.
(Whom was the art drawn
by? The answer is “Nimal”, so the retained object is Nimal)
·
The
gift was given by the chief guest.
(Whom
was the gift given by? The answer is “chief guest”, so the retained object is chief
guest)
·
The trees were cut by somebody.
(Whom were the trees cut
by? The answer is “somebody”, so the retained object is somebody)
·
The
house has been damaged by the flood.
(What
has the house been damaged by? The answer is “flood”, so the retained object is
flood.)
Note:
Verb forms some examples
Here past participle form uses for the passive voice
verb
Simple form
|
-s form
|
Simple past
form
|
-ing form
|
Past participle form
|
help
|
helps
|
helped
|
helping
|
helped
|
carry
|
carries
|
carried
|
carrying
|
carried
|
play
|
plays
|
played
|
playing
|
played
|
publish
|
publishes
|
published
|
publishing
|
published
|
stop
|
stops
|
stopped
|
stopping
|
stopped
|
develop
|
develops
|
developed
|
developing
|
developed
|
arrange
|
arranges
|
arranged
|
arranging
|
arranged
|
calculate
|
calculates
|
calculated
|
calculating
|
calculated
|
donate
|
donates
|
donated
|
donating
|
donated
|
design
|
designs
|
designed
|
designing
|
designed
|
elect
|
elects
|
elected
|
electing
|
elected
|
collect
|
collects
|
collected
|
collecting
|
collected
|
cut
|
cuts
|
cut
|
cutting
|
cut
|
put
|
puts
|
put
|
putting
|
put
|
catch
|
catches
|
caught
|
catching
|
caught
|
build
|
builds
|
built
|
building
|
built
|
think
|
thinks
|
thought
|
thinking
|
thought
|
pay
|
pays
|
paid
|
paying
|
paid
|
say
|
says
|
said
|
saying
|
said
|
tell
|
tells
|
told
|
telling
|
told
|
tear
|
tears
|
tore
|
tearing
|
torn
|
give
|
gives
|
gave
|
giving
|
given
|
forget
|
forgets
|
forgot
|
forgetting
|
forgotten
|
go
|
goes
|
went
|
going
|
gone
|
throw
|
throws
|
threw
|
throwing
|
thrown
|
bring
|
brings
|
brought
|
bringing
|
brought
|
buy
|
buys
|
bought
|
buying
|
bought
|
sing
|
sings
|
sang
|
singing
|
sung
|
feel
|
feels
|
felt
|
feeling
|
felt
|
come
|
comes
|
came
|
coming
|
come
|
drink
|
drinks
|
drank
|
drinking
|
drunk
|
drive
|
drives
|
drove
|
driving
|
driven
|
swim
|
swims
|
swam
|
swimming
|
swum
|
read
|
reads
|
read
|
reading
|
read
|
eat
|
eats
|
ate
|
eating
|
eaten
|
draw
|
draws
|
drew
|
drawing
|
drawn
|
win
|
wins
|
won
|
winning
|
won
|
Exercise-vii
A. Fill
in the blanks with suitable subject complement.
First one is done for you.
1.
Her
cat is named …… Preety …... (cat, nice,
Preety, good)
2.
The
book is named …………………., I lost. (book, English, super, correct)
3.
The
music is an …………………. (song, dance, hobby, art)
4.
Dhoni
hit six at the last match. The six was …………………… (boundary, clean, huge, good)
5.
Srilanka
was called ………………. by Arabians. (Ceylon, delicious, them, nicely)
6.
The
salary is increased to ………………. (good, work, awesome, him)
7.
I
like …………………. (swimming, super, nice,
much)
8.
My
father is a …………………… (engineer, good, teacher, accountant)
9.
The
house looks ……………………… (handsome, large, structured, clever)
10. The picture seems …………………… (funny,
delicious, there, great)
11. The ball hits the middle stumps. The
ball was ………………. (delicious, clever, good, nice)
B. State the retained
object in the following sentences.
First one is done for you.
1.
The
trophy was won by India. (India)
2.
The
thief is arrested by the police.
3.
The
seminar had been arranged by the group of experts.
4.
That
exam paper will be prepared by Mr.Jorge
5.
The
doctor has been checked the problems in the human body.
6.
The
letter is being written by someone.
7.
The
coffee was being drunk by her.
8.
The
newspaper will have been published by the group of workers.
9.
All
the questions are being answered.
10. The match was stopped by the heavy rain.
11. The computer had been bought by him for
his personal use.
Answers-vii
A.
2.
English
3.
art
4.
huge
5.
Ceylon
6.
him
7.
swimming
8.
teacher
9.
large
10. funny
11. clever
B.
2.
police
3.
group
of experts
4.
Mr.Jorge
5.
problems
6.
someone
7.
her
8.
group
of workers
9.
no
retained object
10. rain
11. him
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