Transcript Subject Compliment Predicate Nouns

Vocabulary Cloze Activity
Read part 3 of the short story “The Good Man”
fill in the blanks from your vocabulary in your
notebook.
Now that Don Pablo’s legacy continued. The
exchange fresh vegetable for
poor old people began to _______
hot meals. The people that helped didn’t like the idea,
arguments
but decided to go with it to avoid any __________.
plausible
They thought that it was a _________
the idea of
fresh vegetable would create more hot meals
People learned a lot from Pablo, even on how to treat
mendacious
each other. He taught them not to be _________,
and
to be truthful. He also taught respect, so that people
barbs
would not throw ________
at each other.
This is not something nice you say to a
subject.
The subject complement is a noun, pronoun,
or adjective that comes after a linking verb
and identify or describe the subject.
There are two kinds: Predicate Nouns and
Predicate Adjectives.
The most common
linking verb is “to be”
I
am was
You
are were
He
is
was
We
are were
They are were
Also:
be, being, been
The following are
sometimes linking
verbs
Appear
Feel
Look
Seem
Sound
Taste
Become
Grow
Remain
Smell
Stay
Turn
Earlier we learned that a Direct Object
receives the action of the action verb.
Now we are learning that a Predicate Noun is
linked to the Subject by a linking verb.
Remember that linking verbs act like equals
signs. The Subject = Predicate Noun
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A Predicate Noun is always a Noun
(obviously).
A Predicate Noun will never come inside a
prepositional phrase.
Unless it is a question, the Predicate Noun
will always come after the linking verb:
Subject-Linking Verb-Predicate Noun
Predicate Nouns always use Subject pronouns
(not object pronouns) I, he, she, we, they,
who
My church is Hollywood Presbyterian.
The youth group is a collection of all types of
kids.
Some kids are skaters.
Some kids seem to be skaters but are preppies.
Other kids have always been rap fans.
Two kids are country music types.
They are nice.
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