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ENGLISH 10 MS. BUGASCH
MARCH 28, 2014
Goals
1. Grammar – Predicate Adjective and
Predicate Nominative
2. Macbeth – Act III Preview
FFW
Take out homework:
Compare/Contrast Chart
Trade your chart with 3
people an add to your own
chart.
LINKING VERBS
A linking verb
connects the subject
to a word or word
group that renames
or describes the
subject.
LINKING VERBSTo find out if a verb is an action or linking verb substitute a form of be in for the verb. If the sentence still makes sense, it is usually a linking verb. If the sentence doesn’t make sense, it is usually an action verb.Example: The ice cream tastes delicious.Substitute a form of be: The ice cream is delicious.
Example: She tasted the ice cream.Substitute a form of be: She is the ice cream.
* {Forms of be and seem are always linking verbs.}
COMMONLY USED LINKING VERBS
Forms of Be:
Other Linking Verbs:
am be being was
are been is were
appear grow seem stay
become look smell taste
feel remain sound turn
ACTION VS. L INKING VERB EXAMPLES
Joe plays baseball.Joe is baseball. (the sentence does
not make sense …plays is an action verb )The roses look pretty.The roses are pretty. (the sentence makes sense, so it is a linking verb)When a verb is a linking verb, you can tell because the predicate noun or predicate adjective that follows it renames or describes the subject.
EXAMPLES
The apple looks rotten.• “Looks” links the subject (apple) to the adjective
(rotten): rotten = apple
John is one of the great scientists in our area. • “Is” links the subject (John) to the adjective (one):
John = one
The flowers smell good.• “Smell” links the subject (flowers) to the adjective
(good): flowers = good
PRACTICE
What are the linking verbs in the following
sentences and what do they connect?
The spectacular ocean appears calm today.
The Wright Brothers are famous for
inventing the plane.
A predicate nominative is a noun or a pronoun that
renames the subject. (The pronouns that can be predicate
nominatives are “I, we, you, she, he, it, and they.”)
A predicate adjective is an adjective that describes the
subject.
Hint: Remember that a predicate nominative can be made
plural, but a predicate adjective cannot.
PREDICATE NOMINATIVE/ADJECTIVE
IF your sentence has a LINKING VERB, see if it contains
PREDICATE NOMINATIVE or a PREDICATE ADJECTIVE.
Predicate Nominative
A noun that follows a linking verb and renames the
subject of the sentence.
Predicate Adjective
An adjective that follows the linking verb and describes
the subject of the sentence.
PRACTICE
Predicate Nominative
and Predicate Adjective
Worksheet (1-5)
MACBETH
Finish watching Act
III
MACBETHTake out textbook and notebook to
read and annotate Macbeth Act III
Scene i and ii • 1 comment • 1 prediction • 1 question • 2 literary elements • 3 new words • 4 events• Most important piece of
information
CLOSURE
Around the World
HOMEWORK
1.IRA #3
2.Predicate worksheet
3.Read and annotate Macbeth Act
III, scene i and ii