Question

Identify the Subject(s) and verb(s) in the sentences. Then, identify any complements(s) the sentence contains.

1. A hurricane is a powerful storm, often measuring two or three hundred miles in diameter.

2. Such storms are notorious for their destructive power.

3. To be classified as a hurricane, a storm must have winds of at least seventy four miles per hour.

4. These winds swirl around the eye, an area of calm in the center of the storm.

5. Wall clouds surrounded the eye of a hurricane.

6. Within these clouds the strongest winds and heaviest rain of the storm occur.

Answer 1

#1is tricky. A hurricane is a specific type of storm. Storm is a general term of many different types. I believe the sentence is identifying 'hurricane' as the subject. Powerful describes the hurricane. The verb(s), in this case, would be 'is' and 'measuring'. The complement follows the verb and describes the subject.

Answer 2

Noun phrase as Subject complement: The Hurricane is a (powerful) storm, often measuring (two or three hundred miles) in diameter.