OBJECT COMPLIMENTS

Definition

Refers to

a NOUN PHRASE, an ADJECTIVE, or a PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE following a direct object.

To RENAME or state what IT HAS BECOME Verbs of NAME (name, call, elect) and Verbs of MAKING (make, create, place).

Verb Types

Important to know these when dealing with “OBJECT COMPLEMENTS” :

INTRANSITIVE Verbs (MONO) TRANSITIVE Verbs DI‐TRANSITIVE Verbs COMPLEX TRANSITIVE Verbs

DI‐TRANSTIVE VERBS

Verbs that requires TWO OBJECTS(INDIRECT Object & DIRECT Object)• give, pass, read, bake…

I gave her the money (I gave the money to her)

He passed her the balloon. (He passed the balloon to her)

I read him the message. (He read the message to/for him)

She bakes them cookies. (She bakes cookies for them)

COMPLEX TRANSITIVE VERBS

A verb that requires both a DIRECT OBJECT and

ANOTHER OBJECT / OBJECT COMPLEMENT

Object Complement identifies QUALITY / ATTRIBUTE of DIRECT OBJECT

Complex transitive verbs in English include believe, consider, declare, find, judge, keep, label, name, presume, pronounce, prove, rate, and think.

Forms of OBJECT COMPLEMENTS

I named him Ali. //him = Ali

I consider Ali smart. //Ali = smart

I keep it to myself. // It = to myself