Verb Complement (S+V+O+O)
Subject + Verb + Object1 + Object 2
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DEFINITION: A complement is the part of the sentence that comes after the verb and is needed to make the sentence complete: "They call him Jim." There are a total of three types of complements, but Japan's English JHS textbooks only covers two of them: verb complements (S+V+O+O) and object complement (S+V+O+C).
The grammar point for this page is verb complements and have the following sentence pattern: subject + verb + object 1 + object 2. Keep in mind that both objects (object1 and object2) complement (complete or round off) the verb in the sentence. Also, while it might seem stupid to point out, object doesn't mean item but rather direct/indirect object (the paragraph below defines an object). The final hint to this 'mathlish' grammar point is object1 is usually a pronoun (he, she it, etc).
As for a refresher course, a direct object is basically a receiver of the action in a sentence: "He hit the ball." An indirect object identifies to or for whom or what the action of the verb is performed: "Mike sold me his boat."
EXAMPLES:
NEW HORIZON:
Show me your passport.*- NEW CROWN: I will give you examples.
- ONE WORLD: They sent us a videotape.
- TOTAL ENGLISH: My uncle gave me a book.
- SUNSHINE: I'll give him a card.
*While the sentence pattern for this particular grammar point is S+V+O+O, the New Horizon morons decided to use a V+O+O pattern for their example sentence.
