| A | B |
|---|
| subject | ask, "Who or what is doing the action?" |
| direct object | Say the subject and the verb and ask, "Whom or what?"; requires an action verb |
| indirect object | Say the subject, verb, direct object, and ask "To whom or for whom?"; requires a DO and an action verb |
| predicate adjective | follows a linking verb and describes the subject |
| predicate nominative | noun that follows a linking verb and replaces the subject |
| object of the preposition | follows a preposition; say preposition and ask, "What?" |
| objective complement | noun that follows an object in the sentence and can replace it |
| subjective complement | a noun that follows the subject and can replace it |
| gerund | verb phrase that acts as a noun (end in -ing) |
| participle | verb phrase that acts as an adjective (ends in -ing or -ed or any past tense verb) |
| infinitive | verb phrase that can act as a noun, adverb, or adjective (look like to + verb) |
