ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Subject complement

Okay, kiddo! So imagine you're talking about your cat Fluffy. You might say, "Fluffy is sleepy." The word "sleepy" is called a subject complement. It's like a label that describes the subject of the sentence, which in this case is Fluffy.

Think of it like a sticker you might put on a toy box. If the toy box is the subject, you might put a sticker on it that says "toys." That's like a subject complement, because it's describing what's inside the box.

In the same way, a subject complement helps complete the sentence by giving more information about the subject. And even though it might sound hard to understand, you're already using subject complements all the time!