Name              : Ahmad Aldi Nugraha (10213396)

Class               : 4EA06

 

Definition and Example of Subject, Verb, Complement and Modifier

A. Subject

Subject is about what or who is spoken in a sentence or clause. The subject can be a person, animal, object, or an abstract concept.

Example:

• His new car taxhas already been paid by his assistant.
• Lia and Iwere eating our lunch on the kitchen table.
• The very big boarding school in this countrywas built in 1980.

 

B. Verb

Verb is a word which serves to indicate the action of the subject, showing events or circumstances.

 

Various Kinds And Examples Verb:

Several kinds of verbs and examples are as follows.

• Transitive and intransitive: intransitive followed by a direct object.

1. He send me a postcard (example of transitive)
2. Cheryl often sneezes while cleaning house (example of intransitive)

• Regular and Irregular: Regular and Irregular: in shape regular (arrive, play, study, etc), past tense and participle get with adding suffix–ed in base form while at irregular (come, cut, swim, etc), way more varied.

1. The item arrived late (example of regular)
2. Some student come late (example of irregular)

• Action And Stative: Action (eating, playing) states that something happened, while stative (love, need, want, etc) the stated conditions likely to remain.

1. They walked hand in hand (example of action)
2. I prefer tea to coffee (example of stative)

• Finite and Non-Finite: Finite verb (linking verb, auxiliary verb, etc) be affected tense and subject-verb agreement, while non-finite verb (infinitive, bare infinitive, and participle) no.

1. You are growing up so fast (example of finite)
2. You’re growing up so fast (example of non-finite)

• Linking verb: to connect the subject of the sentence with description

1. She is young and pretty
2. You look gorgeous

• Causative: The verb to review indicates that the subject is not responsible direct action against happens

1. I had my house renovated last week.

C. Complement

Usually a noun (noun) or noun phrase (noun phrase)

usually found after the verb in the active voice

answer the question what (what) or anyone (Whom)

Example:

1. Sarijon bought a cakeyesterday

• Whatdid Sarijon buy yesterday?  –> a cake.

1. He saw Tonyat the movie

• Whomdid he see at the movie? –> Tony

1. I explain pharmacologyto my students

• Whatdo I explain to my students? –> pharmacology

 

Note: Each sentence should not have a complement.

 

D. Modifier

Modifier describes the time (time), place (where), or manner (how) of an actions.

The most common form of the modifier is a prepositional phrase (a group of words that begin with a preposition and ends with a noun

Preposition = on, out, under, behind, etc …

Modifier answer the questions when, where, or how

Example

1. John bought a book at a book fair

• Where did John buy a book? –> at a book fair

1. She is driving very fast

• How is she driving? –> very fast

1. I posted my application yesterday

• When do I post my application? –> yesterday

 

So, as these elements Subject, Verb, Complement and Modifier in example sentence:

We   studied   grammar   last week.

S            V                  C                M