Question

Identify the sentence parts by placing the red abbreviations in their correct locations. Put parentheses around the prepositional phrases. Identify the subject, verb, and any complements (direct object, indirect object, subject complement, objective complement).
The committee elected George chairman.

Answer 1

Let's break this sentence down:

The committee elected George chairman.

• Prepositional phrases: There are no prepositional phrases since there isn't neither a preposition nor an object altogether.

• The subject is The committee.

• The verb within the sentence is elected.

• There are two complements in the sentence which are the direct object and object compliment: George is the direct object and chairman is the object compliment. The question to be asked is what did the comittee elected? The answer to the question what is always the direct object. Regarding the object complement here, considering it always follows the direct object renaming or modifying it, as in the example, "chairman" is modifying "George".

Answer 2

Answer: There's no prepositional phrase because there is no preposition

The committee;. Subject

elected;. Verb

George;. Object

chairman;. Object complement

Explanation:

The committee is the noun that precedes the verb, hence, it's the subject.The verb is "elected" because it shows the action done . "George" is the object because he is the noun that comes after the verb."Chairman" refers to the position George was elected into.