Question

Read the following sentence: "The president declared the prisoner a free man." Label the sentence parts by placing the correct abbreviation next to the words they represent. S = Subject; V = Verb; SC = Subject Complement; IO = Indirect Object; DO = Direct Object; OC = Objective Complement; NA = Not Affected

Options:
A. S The president V declared ID the prisoner OC a free
B. S The president V declared the prisoner DO a free
C. S The president V declared the prisoner SC a free
D. S The president V declared the prisoner OC a free

Answer 1

The correct labeling for the sentence parts is option A: The president (S) declared (V) the prisoner (IO) a free man (OC). 'The president' is the subject, 'declared' is the verb, 'the prisoner' is the indirect object, and 'a free man' is the objective complement.

Step-by-step explanation:

The sentence "The president declared the prisoner a free man" can be broken down to identify its parts as follows:

• S stands for Subject, which is 'The president'.
• V stands for Verb, which is 'declared'.
• IO stands for Indirect Object, which in this case, is 'the prisoner'.
• OC stands for Objective Complement, which is the phrase 'a free man'.

Therefore, the correct labeling of the sentence parts would be option A:

A. S The president V declared IO the prisoner OC a free man.

It's important to recognize that 'the prisoner' is the indirect object because it is the entity receiving the action of being declared as something ('a free man'), and 'a free man' is the objective complement because it renames or describes the indirect object.