Asked by Kelley
                What is the subject complement in this sentence?
Painting is one of the oldest arts.
            
        Painting is one of the oldest arts.
Answers
                    Answered by
            Ms. Sue
            
    It can't be in the prepositional phrase.
That leaves
<b>Painting is one</b>
Which of those words is the subject complement?
    
That leaves
<b>Painting is one</b>
Which of those words is the subject complement?
                    Answered by
            Kelley
            
    I think it is one because painting is the subject?
    
                    Answered by
            Ms. Sue
            
    Right.
The first thing you should do when analyzing a sentence is to note the prepositional phrases. Subjects, verbs, and complements are never in a prepositional phrase.
I taught my students to first put parentheses around all the prepositional phrases before finding the rest of the parts of the sentence.
http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/preposition.htm
    
The first thing you should do when analyzing a sentence is to note the prepositional phrases. Subjects, verbs, and complements are never in a prepositional phrase.
I taught my students to first put parentheses around all the prepositional phrases before finding the rest of the parts of the sentence.
http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/preposition.htm
                    Answered by
            Kelley
            
    What about this sentence 
The subjects in early paintings were usually very important people.
The subject complement is people?
    
The subjects in early paintings were usually very important people.
The subject complement is people?
                    Answered by
            Ms. Sue
            
    Right!  :-)
    
                    Answered by
            Kelley
            
    Can u check 2 more for me.
Other subjects were historical or mythical figures.
Would it be figures.
Some paintings become huge, covering whole walls.
Would it be huge?
    
Other subjects were historical or mythical figures.
Would it be figures.
Some paintings become huge, covering whole walls.
Would it be huge?
                    Answered by
            Ms. Sue
            
    Both are correct.
    
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