Predicate Nominatives
What is a predicate nominative?
A noun that follows a linking verb and renames the subject.
Study tip: Don't overthink this! Predicate nominatives are nouns that name the subject.
What are the three noun cases?
Nominative, objective, possessive
What is a predicate adjective?
An adjective that follows a linking verb and describes the subject.
study tip: Don't overthink predicate adjectives. Simply put they are adjectives found in the predicate that describe the subject!
What are the three forms a comparison adjective can take?
Positive, comparative, superlative
What is an appositive
A word or group of words that immediately follows a noun to identify it or give more information about it.
Identify the predicate nominative in the following sentence if there is one:
George Washington was the first president.
president
When is a noun in the nominative case?
When the noun is the subject of the sentence or the predicate nominative
Identify the predicate adjective in the following sentence if there is one:
She is kind.
kind
When do we use the positive form?
when describing a noun/pronoun and not comparing it to anything else.
Ex. She is tall.
Identify the appositive in the following sentence:
Rufus, my dog, went missing.
my dog
Identify the predicate nominative in the following sentence if there is one:
She became a famous athlete.
athlete
When is a noun in the possessive case?
When the noun shows possession
Identify the predicate adjective in the following sentence if there is one:
Reading is so much fun!
fun
When do we use the comparative form?
When comparing two things
Ex. She is taller than he is.
Identify the appositive in the following sentence:
My father caught a halibut, a large flounder-like fish.
a large flounder-like fish.
Identify the predicate nominative in the following sentence if there is one:
The vegetables wilted in the sun.
None!
wilted is NOT a linking verb and the vegetables are not being renamed, so there is no predicate nominative.
When is a noun in the objective case?
When the noun is a direct object, indirect object, or the object of a preposition
Identify the predicate adjective in the following sentence if there is one:
My sister became very excited before the show.
excited
(Became is a linking verb! Review linking verbs that are not being verbs if you found this one challenging)
When do we use the superlative form?
When comparing three or more things.
Ex. She is the tallest in her family.
When does an appositive need to be offset with commas?
Diagram the following sentence with a predicate nominative:
Squares are shapes.
Squares l are \ shapes.
Tell what case each noun is in:
a. Cookies are delicious
b. The cookie's frosting melted.
c. I ate all of the cookies.
a) nominative (subject of the sentence)
b) possessive
c) objective (cookies is object of the preposition "of")
Diagram the following sentence with a predicate adjective:
She looks sad.
She l looks \ sad.
Write the positive, comparative, and superlative form of fast.
fast, faster, fastest.
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