- The day is beautiful.
- I am weary and tired.
- The men were soldiers.
- The tasks seem endless.
- All men must be free.
- The workers have been slaves.
- The burden becomes heavier every day.
- The children feel happy and care-free.
- Evolution is the development of life.
- Grammar is the study of words and their use.
- Knowledge is freedom.
- The music sounds sweet on the midnight air.
- He looks well today.
- The dregs taste bitter.
- The incense smells sweet.
Exercise 4
Complete the following sentences by adding an object or a complement.
- Perseverance in your study will bring.......
- The great need of the working class is.......
- We shall never acknowledge.......
- By the sweat of no other's brow shalt thou eat.......
- The Revolutionary fathers founded.......
- The workers demand.......
- Labor's only road to freedom is.......
- Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness are.......
- If you struggle, you will gain.......
- An incomplete verb requires.......
- The complement of a transitive verb is called.......
- The complement of a copulative verb may be either......or.......
103. There are two classes of verbs, complete and incomplete.
A complete verb is one that requires no complement.
An incomplete verb is one that requires a complement to complete its meaning.
Incomplete verbs are of two kinds: 1. Those that express action; 2. Those that express state or condition.
Incomplete verbs that express action are called transitive verbs.
Incomplete verbs that express state or condition are called copulative verbs.