Question

What kind of complement is indicated by the bolded word? Archaeologists become very EXCITED at new findings.

Answer 1

The bolded word from the given sentence above is the word "excited". And this word functions as a predicate adjective. The predicate adjective is the adjective that follows a linking verb and then, refers back to the subject of the linking verb. The linking verb here is the word "become". The word excited refers to the subject Archaeologists.