My Blog: Bahasa Inggris Bisnis 2

Name : Nugeraha Azhima

NPM : 15211263

Class : 4EA20

Assignments 1

1. Find the definition of subject, verb, object, and complement ?

Answer :

Subject : The part of a sentence or clause that commonly indicates (a) what it is about, or (b) who or what performs the action (that is, the agent). The subject is typically a noun, noun phrase, or pronoun. In a declarative sentence, the subject usually appears before the verb ("Ahmad never smiles"). In an interrogative sentence, the subject usually follows the first part of a verb ("Does ahmad ever smile?"). The subject of a sentence is the noun,pronoun or noun phrase that precedes and governs the main verb. The subject is the part of the sentence that performs an action or which is associated with the action.

For Example :

· He is a really nice guy.

“He” is the subject of the sentence, controlling the verb and the complement.

· My cat attacked the burglar.

“My cat” is the subject, controlling the verb and the rest of the sentence.

Verb : A verb is the essential part of the predicate of a sentence. The grammatical forms of verbs include number, person and tense. (Seeauxiliary verb, infinitive, intransitiveverb, irregular verb, participle,regular verb, and transitive verb.)

· “We buy some books to learn English verbs. In this example, the action word is “to buy”. It tells us that the subject “we”, that is the person who performs the action of the verb is “buying some books”.

Object : A part of a sentence a noun, pronoun, or group of words thatreceives or is affected by the action of a verb. ( See direct object, indirect object and objective case).

· “They named their daughter Natasha”. In that sentence, "daughter" is the direct object and "Natasha" is the object complement, which renames or describes the direct object.

The indirect object identifies to or for whom or what the action of the verb is performed. The direct object and indirect object are different people or places or things. The direct objects in the sentences below are in boldface; the indirect objects are in italics.

· The instructor gave his students A's.

· Grandfather left Rosalita and Raoul all his money.

· Jo-Bob sold me her boat.

Incidentally, the word me (and similar object-form pronouns such as him, us, them) is not always an indirect object; it will also serve, sometimes, as a direct object.

Complement : The Complement can often be confused with the Object. While the Subject and Object of a clause, in the vast majority of cases, refer to different entities, the Complement gives more information about either the Subject or the Object. As with the Subject and Object elements, there is only one grouping or phrase which is considered to be the Complement of a clause. A subject complement follows a linking verb; it is normally an adjective or a noun that renames or defines in some way the subject.

o A glacier is a huge body of ice.

o Glaciers are beautiful and potentially dangerous at the same time.

o This glacier is not yet fully formed. (verb form acting as an adjective, a participle)

Adjective complements are also called predicate adjectives; noun complements are also called predicate nouns or predicate nominatives. See predicates, above. An object complement follows and modifies or refers to a direct object. It can be a noun or adjective or any word acting as a noun or adjective.

o The convention named Dogbreath Vice President to keep him happy. (The noun "Vice President" complements the direct object "Dogbreath"; the adjective "happy" complements the object "him.")

o The clown got the children too excited. (The participle "excited" complements the object "children.")

A verb complement is a direct or indirect object of a verb. (See above.)

o Granny left Raoul all her money. (Both "money" [the direct object] and "Raoul" [the indirect object] are said to be the verb complements of this sentence.)

2. Find the theory of Subject – Verb Agreement.

A singular subject (she, Bill, car) takes a singular verb (is, goes, shines), whereas a plural subject takes a plural verb.

Example: The list of items is/are on the desk.
If you know that list is the subject, then you will choose is for the verb.

· A bouquet of yellow roses lend color and fragrance to the room.

A bouquet of yellow roses lends . . . (bouquet lends, not roses lend)

· My aunt or my uncle is arriving by train today.

· Neither Juan nor Carmen is available.

· Either Kiana or Casey is helping today with stage decorations.

· Neither the plates nor the serving bowl goes on that shelf.

Neither the serving bowl nor the plates go on that shelf.

· Neither she, my friends, nor I am going to the festival.

Neither she, I, nor my friends are going to the festival.
She, my friends, and I are not going to the festival.