Stage 4 · A2+ / B1
Subject complement
Identify subject complements after French linking verbs and understand how they describe the subject.
1. Objective
By the end, you will identify a subject complement after a linking verb and the subject it describes.
2. I discover
In Le café est chaud, remove chaud. What information about the coffee disappears?
3. I understand
A subject complement describes or identifies the subject through a linking verb such as être, sembler, devenir or rester. In Lina est médecin, médecin tells us about Lina. In Les rues deviennent calmes, calmes tells us about les rues.
A subject complement does not function like a direct object: it refers back to the subject and describes or identifies it.
4. Guided practice
5. Independent practice
6. I write / I speak
Produce three new sentences that use the target feature precisely, then explain what you applied.
7. Check my learning
8. What I remember
Subject + linking verb + subject complement. The complement describes the subject: La ville devient calme.
9. Now I can…
- I can recognise the feature in a new example.
- I can reuse it in a meaningful sentence.
