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Question

Identify the complement to the verb in the following sentence:
The child called the man father.

A
father
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man
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child
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called
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Solution

The correct option is B father
A subject complement is an adjective or a noun that follows the linking verb. Here, "father" follows "called". Hence, Option A is correct. The rest of the options do not point out the complement, hence incorrect.

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