Complement
A complement is a word or a structure that
completes the meaning of a verb, a subject, or an object.
Sheila is a nurse. (adding
information about Sheila)
All of them seemed surprised.
Hepsi şaşırmış görünüyordu.
Verb
complements are direct and indirect objects that stand after the verb:
She gave the book to Anna.
Give me a pen.
Subject
complement in the form of a noun is called predicative noun or predicative
nominal; in the form of an adjective – predicative adjective (or predicate
adjective). Subject complement stands after the linking verb (it is predicative
complement):
It is a book.
The book is interesting.
Complements
which add more information about an object are called object complements.
Object
complement stands after the object to which it refers:
I find it strange.
He makes me very angry. (adding
information “about me”)
