Fourth Lecture of SIC

SKBE1023 Structures in Context 17/3/2014

(c) 2014 Dr. Khazriyati Salehuddin 1

OBJECT COMPLEMENTS

Dr. Khazriyati SalehuddinKeywords: Sentence; Object;

Complements; Di‐Transitive Verbs; Complex Transitive Verbs

(c) 2014 Dr. Khazriyati Salehuddin 1 (c) 2014 Dr. Khazriyati Salehuddin 2

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).


Different Verb Types

Important to know these when dealing with “OBJECT COMPLEMENTS”

• INTRANSITIVE Verbs

• (MONO) TRANSITIVE Verbs

• DI‐TRANSITIVE Verbs

• COMPLEX TRANSITIVE Verbs

BUT BEFORE THAT

OBJECT COMPLEMENTS


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)

Di‐Transitive Verb List

• assign, assure, award, bake, bring, build, buy, call, charge, cook, cost, cut, deliver, deny, design, do, draw, drop, earn, feed, find, fine, get, give, grant, guarantee, hand, hunt, keep, lend, lose, make, name, offer, order, overpay, owe, paint, pass, pay, permit, play, prescribe, profit, promise, purchase, read, rule, save, sell, send, serve, set, show, take, teach, tell, throw, win, wish, write


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.

• http://grammar.about.com/od/c/g/complextransitiveverbterm.htm



Forms of OBJECT COMPLEMENTS

I named him Ali.

I consider Ali smart.

I keep it to myself

him = Ali

Ali = smart

It = to myself

NP

AdjP

PrepP


Examples

She makes me happy.

• Who is happy?

• She (the subject)?

• Me (the object)?

She called her Kakak.

• Who is kakak?

• She (the subject)?

• Her (the object)?


Examples

1. She found the guard stealing.

2. We consider him attractive.

3. I declare this championship open.

4. He makes her his wife.

Complex Transitive Verb List

believe, consider, declare, find, judge, keep, label, name, presume, pronounce, prove, rate, think

• My friends call me Khaz.

• He makes her happy.

• She painted the fence yellow.

• I elected him president.

• I heard someone screaming.

• She got my dress mended.


• Be careful!

She found the guard. (No Object Complements)

She found the guard very courageous.

She found the guard at the crime scene.


Not a Complex Transitive Verb

A Complex Transitive Verb

Transitive Verb

More info

Object Complements?

• I bake a cake.

• I name the cake “Delly”.

• I consider the cake delicious.

• I place the cake in the kitchen.

• I bake him a cake in the kitchen.


• I bake him a cake.

DELLY

Indirect object

Direct object

Hmm.. delicious

THE KITCHEN

Adverbial – More information



How to check?

I place the cake in the kitchen.

• Can we just say

• “I place the cake.”

I bake the cake in the kitchen.

• Can we say

• “I bake the cake.”


We definitely need to indicate

where

IN THE KITCHEN =

OBJECT COMPLEMENT

We don’t need to indicate

where. Add info.

IN THE KITCHEN =

Adverbial

Remember last week?

Ali turned the table green.

• Who / what is green?

• Table = Green

• Table = Object

• Green = Object Complement

Ali turned green.

• Ali = Green


SUBJECT COMPLEMENT

Tutorial

• Prior to tutorial, look for

• Authentic examples with

object complements

• Share it with your tutorial mates.

• Indicate the source.

• Explain it.


Identify the SC and OC


Begin your search for object complements (NOT you as the object of compliments) NOW!


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