For CHAPTER 13: COMPLEMENTS pages 399-408
GRAMMAR
Review B: Complements
EXERCISE A In each of the following sentences, identify the underlined word by writing above it COMP
for complement ADV for adverb, or OP for object of a preposition.
Examples 1. Baseball is my favorite sport.
2. Have you ever been to a professional baseball game?
COMP
OD
1. My uncle Mark took my entire family to a baseball game yesterday.
2. It was a beautiful day for the game.
3. The weather was sunny and warm.
4. The weather, however, suddenly changed on our way to the stadium.
5. The sun disappeared, and storm clouds gathered directly overhead.
6. By the time of our arrival, though, the sky was once again clear.
7. Everyone in my family, even my sister, enjoyed the game.
8. One player gave my sister his autograph.
9. Naturally, we cheered enthusiastically during each of his turns at bat.
10. Like me, my sister is now an avid baseball fan.
WW
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_XERCISE B Underline every complement that appears in each of the following sentences. Then,
identify each complement by writing above it DO for direct object, 10 for indirect object, PN. for predicate
nominative, or PA for predicate adjective.
IO
DO
Example 1. People ask me many questions about my hobby.
11. People are curious about my unusual collection.
12. I started the collection at my old house in Michigan.
13. My mother had hired a crew of carpenters.
14. Each carpenter was a skilled roofer.
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15. They carefully pulled the old shingles off the roof.
16. The nails in the boards under the shingles were old and unusually large.
17. One of the carpenters noticed my interest in the nails.
18. I handed her an empty box.
19. She gave me some of the nails.
20. Those were the first ones in my collection of handmade nails.
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