Guide to English grammar

11 Call, put etc

1 Verb + object + complement
Compare these two kinds of complement.

Subject The driver He The journey They

was became made elected

Subject complement tired. president. Object the driver him

Object complement. tired. president.

The subject complement relates to the subject of the clause (• 9). The object complement relates to the object of the clause. In both patterns “tired” relates to the driver, and “president relates” to he/him.
Here are some more sentences with an object complement.
The thief thought himself rather unlucky.
They called the dog Sasha.
The court found him guilty of robbery.
We painted the walls bright yellow.
I prefer my soup hot.

A practical guide to English grammar 13

Here are some verbs in this pattern.
With adjective or noun phrase: believe, call, consider, declare, find, keep, leave, like, make, paint, prefer, prove, think, want
With adjective: drive, get, hold, pull, push, send, turn
With noun phrase: appoint, elect, name, vote

2 Verb + object + adverbial

The adverbial in this pattern typically expresses place.
The man put the coat over his arm. We keep the car in the garage.
He got the screw into the hole. The path led us through trees.

NOTE

1. 
   Leave can come in this pattern, but forget cannot.
   

I left my umbrella at home. (NOT I forgot my umbrella at home.)

2. 
   Lay (past: laid) comes in the same pattern as put. Lie (past: lay) is a linking verb which takes an adverbial. • 9(2)
   

The woman laid a blanket on the ground.
The woman lay in the sunshine.