Question

identity whether the underlined word or words in each sentence are the complete subject, the complete predicate, a modifier, or a complement. (not all sentences will have all options.) select \check answers\ to see how well you did. 1. ina coolbrith was the first poet laureate of california. 2. she published her first poems as a teenager. 3. later coolbrith worked as a librarian in oakland. 4. coolbrith published a literary journal with bret harte and other famous writers. 5. the san francisco earthquake of 1906 destroyed many of coolbriths manuscripts.

Explanation:

Question 1

In the sentence "Ina Coolbrith was the first poet laureate of California", the underlined part "was the first poet laureate of California" functions as the complete predicate. The complete predicate includes the verb and all the words that tell what the subject does or is. Here, "was" is the verb, and the rest describes what Ina Coolbrith was.

In "She published her first poems as a teenager", the underlined "poems" is a direct object (a type of complement). The direct object receives the action of the verb "published", so it is a complement (specifically a direct object, which falls under complement in this context as it completes the verb's action).

In "Later Coolbrith worked as a librarian in Oakland", the underlined "as a librarian" is a complement (specifically a subject complement in the form of a prepositional phrase that describes the subject's role). It completes the meaning of the verb "worked" by telling what Coolbrith worked as.

Answer:

Complete Predicate

Question 2