Question

Does anyone know how to determine the subject, verb, direct object or complement in a sentence?

Answer 1

Subject - person or thing about whom the statement is made, before verb
April cooked apples.
(April is the subject)

Verb - the action
(Of the previous sentence, cooked is the verb)

Direct Object - answers
whom? or what?
(Cooked what? She cooked apples.)

Complement - completes the meaning of the sentence
John is weak
(Weak is the complement)