After verbs that refer to thoughts feelings and opinions eg.

Example of subject linking verb and complement. Bowdens other nickname was King of the Road. Linking verbs connect the subject of a sentence with a subject complement. Common examples are to be to become to appear to feel to look to smell and to taste A subject complement is either an adjective a noun or a.

Believe consider feel know find think and understand to be is sometimes used before the complement. Subject complements follow linking verbs only and not action verbs. The subject complement can either be a predicate nounpronoun or a predicate adjective.

A Subject complement is the grammatical element which follows a linking verb and complements the subject of the sentence either by specifying an attribute of the subject or its identity. The linking verb are is linking the subject you to its complement a wonderful singer which is giving the subject a nameYou a wonderful singer Jon was sad last night. A noun or pronoun as a subject complement will rename or re-identify the subject.

What are the two types of subject complements. Your class room mustbethe one next to mine. Examples of linking verbs include verbs like to be to smell to seem to taste to look etc.

In this case the soup is the subject of the sentence. It completes the meaning of the subject. Dog is a noun.

He was the one to develop unconventional football tactics. A subject complement is a word or group of words that follow a linking verb and identifies or explains the subject. Keep in mind that subject complements always refer to the subject.