Nazaline Adinda Larasati: Definition and Sample of Subject, Verb, and Complement

1. SUBJECT

The subject is a word or phrase that serves as actors, subjects, or causes of action. Generally subject position at the beginning of the sentence, but there is also a subject that is not at the beginning of the sentence.. The subject or the subject is part of the clause which marks what was said by the speaker. Part clauses other than the subject is the predicate. Subject is not always the same as the actors or the actors, especially in the passive voice. Example: "You are arrested by the police" and "the police catch you" has actors / actors are the same, namely the "police" while a different subject: "you" and "police".

A. Subject Simple

Simple subject is the subject that consists of a single subject. This could be a noun (noun), pronoun (pronoun), gerund, infinitive, and clauses. Example sentences for the five subjects this simple form you can see below.

Example:

v I read a book.

v She needs some foods for her daughter.

v Making noodle is easy.

v To drive requires skill.

v What he said was lie.

B. Subject Combined

The combined subject is a subject that has more than one subject. Example sentence containing a subject of this kind are as follows:

Example:

v My sister and i going to school.

v Tables, chairs and vases of flowers neatly arranged in the living room.

2. PREDICATE

In grammar, the predicate is part of the sentence which marks what was said by the speaker on the subject. In some languages, such languages in the Indo-European family of languages, predicate verb must contain elements. Predicates can be followed among others by the object and adverbs. The word comes from the Latin title praedicatum meaning is "what was said".

The predicate is part of the sentence (or clause) that explains the subject. Due to explain the subject, predicate contains the verb (the main verb or auxiliary verb).

A. Predicate one word

As the name implies, this predicate consists only one verb.

Example:

v Sarah crying.

v Time flies.

v Dwi dancing.

B. Predicate two words

Predicates of this type has two words that one auxiliary verb and the main verb.

Example:

v Ronald will sing.

v You will read.

v We can go.

C. Full Predicate

Complete predicate is a predicate verbs and all words related to the verb.

Example:

v Diana lives in Jakarta.

v Shahnaz has never climbed the mountain before.

v I am pleased to bring you another pencil today.

3. COMPLEMENT

Complement is one element of a sentence in the form of words or word -word used to complete the meaning of the verb in a sentence by pointing at the subject or direct object. In English, the complementary divided into two kinds, namely:

· Supplementary subject is a type of complementary use to supplement the subject in a sentence.

· Complementary object is a type of complementary use to supplement object in a sentence.

In a complementary sentence can be used as:

A. Transitive Verb

Transitive verb is one type of verb that requires objects to supplement its object.

Example:

v The news made the public fear.

v I found money at the street.

v They singing at the stage.

B. Intransitive Verb

Intransitive verb is one type of verb that does not require the object to complete the description of the subject.

Example:

v Roni come late tonight.

v Teacher is teaching now.

v Dini is singing now.

C. Auxiliary Verb

The auxiliary verb is one of the verbs used to connect between the subject (actor) with complementary. Usually this verb form of the auxiliary verb main form of "tobe" and is often used for a sentence "non-verbal" (sentences that predicate is not a verb).

Example:

v I am a lawyer.

v She is beautiful.

v Dani is here.

D. Linking Verb

Linking verb is one of the verbs used to connect between subjects with complement.

Example:

v He look so cute.

v I feel stomach ache.

v I am so hungry.

Example of sentence containing Subject, Verb, and Complement:

· I eat sweet apples in the kitchen.