50 Examples of Predicative Complement

Predicative Complement

The predicative complement is a structure (present in the predicate of prayer) that accompanies a verb and expresses a quality, a property or a state of the subject or of direct complement. For instance: The woman ran desperate in the forest.

In this way, it is a structure that fulfills a double function, since, on the one hand, it complements a verb and, on the other, it modifies a subject or a direct object. That is why the predicative complement must agree in gender and number with the structure it modifies. For instance: Found the ball punctured in the backyard.

Predicative complement types

There are two types of predicative complement:

Phrases that can be predicative complements

The types of phrase that usually perform the function of predicative complement are:

How to recognize the predicative complement?

Many times, the predicative complement is often confused with a mandatory subjective predicative, since these two functions share certain common characteristics, but differ in two ways:

Sentences with predicative complement

1. She arrived dazed of the recital because the volume was too high.
2. The woman rests quiet without knowing what is happening outside his house.
3. The man bought tools cheap in a promotion.
4. The bird fly rapacious by the blue sky.
5. They named Maria company manager.
6. The water runs fresh and clean by the riverbed.
7. The boy brought a ball to the football game deflated and they couldn't play.
8. The poor man was hopeless for life because of her problems.
9. The girl came in silent to her mother's room to sleep with her.
10. They found the store closed because it was Sunday.
11. They chose as representative of the people to the wrong person.
12. The driver drives altered, all the passengers are afraid.
13. The little one goes happy to his grandmother's house.
14. The young man wore all the clothes paint stained because of his work.
15. The dog eats outrageous because she went a whole day without food.
16. She came to her house and found her mother asleep on the couch.
17. Bought very expensive the property and now they can't sell it without losing money.
18. In the race, the cars pass swift very close to the public.
19. Father saw scared the girl and wanted to help her.
20. Appointed Mayor the most experienced man in town.
21. The animal ran desperate to escape its predator.
22. Children tolerated disciplined the three hours of class.
23. The family rented cheap the summer house.
24. Juan and Estefanía lived together many years.
25. The lumberjack lay down quiet after a successful day of work.
26. There was an explosion and everyone woke up startled.
27. The runner arrived exhausted to the finish, but won the race.
28. When the girl fell into the water, the lifeguard jumped fast to rescue her.
29. The turtle advances slow through the garden.
30. The butler received very helpful to the guests.
31. The soldiers returned wounded of the battle.
32. The doctor attends to his patients widely dispersed in the last moment.
33. The manager left the team meeting quite pleased.
34. The children played ball all afternoon and arrived completely muddy to her houses.
35. My sister went to a spa and came back radiant.
36. The bird fled afraid facing the possibility of being caught.
37. The teacher considered inappropriate the student's response and he sanctioned it.
38. The traveler looked distracted the landscape through the bus window.
39. Tourists watched amazed the huge marble sculpture.
40. The employee traveled sitting to his office because the bus was empty.
41. The lion arrived thirsty to the river.
42. They have done harm irreparable and now they regret it.
43. The woman approached the children worried to see what was happening.
44. When she got to her house, she found the door closed and he must have waited in the street.
45. The orchestra sounded stupendous in the concert.
46. The young man wrote the exam highly concentrated.
47. The truth came out naked to the light.
48. The medication is in the experimental phase, but the patient took it very confident.
49. The dogs ran happy inside the kennel.
50. When they arrived, they found the house shattered.

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