Question

What is Complement and explain its two types?

Answer 1

There are two types of complement:

• subject complement.
• object complement.

Subject complement is a word or a phrase used after a verb that describes the subject. The underlined words and phrases in the following sentences are subject complements.

1. I am hungry.
2. My sister became a teacher.

The word ‘hungry’ and the phrase ‘a teacher’ describe the subjects of the verbs. Therefore, they are subject complements.

An object complement comes after the object of a verb and gives us information about the object. The underlined words and phrases in the following sentences are object complements.

1. The class made her the monitor.
2. The teacher found my answer correct.

The phrase ‘the monitor’ gives us information about the object ‘her’. The word ‘correct’ gives us information about the object ‘my answer’