Download Predicate Nominative/adjective Noun or pronoun following a linking

Predicate Nominative/adjective
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Noun or pronoun following a linking verb
Adjective following a linking verb
Linking verbs
o Am, is, are, was, were, be etc.
Snowmobiling has become popular in North America.
Upon kicking a teammate the soccer ball, a player sometimes bumps an
opponent by accident.
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“ing” ending verbs are NOT the verb of the sentence UNLESS it has a
helping verb—“is kicking”
There are two-to-four players in a game of racquet ball.
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Here and/or there are never the subject of the sentence—they are
adverbs
Before because since although while when if as where though after
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Subordinating conjunctions begin subordinate adverb clauses
My friend gave me a wrist brace to help keep my wrist straight as I bowled.
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io’s directly follow action verbs
Before direct object
To whom or for whom an action is done
Only occur when followed by a direct object
Relative pronouns: who whom whose which that
Introduce adjective subordinate clause
Comma rules for adverb clauses
Introducer
Before you go to the Caribbean, you must get a passport.
Interrupter
You, before you go to the Caribbean, must get a passport.
Follower
You must get a passport before you go to the Caribbean.
In the dumps
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Prep phrases begin with prepositions
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End with noun or pronoun object of preposition
In between can be modifiers
In the gross smelling dumps
Is already watching
Many colleges offer students bowling as an elective course.
As can be both a preposition and a subordinate conjunction.
Subordinate conjunction is the clue word that introduces an adverb subordinate
clause—subject/verb combination
As I wandered weak and weary—subordinating conjunction introducing a
subordinate clause
As an elective course—preposition followed by a noun object not a subject verb
combination
He is not using his notes to solve this problem!
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“to” plus a verb is an infinitive
“to” plus a noun or pronoun is a prepositional phrase
Linking verbs describe a state of being, not an action
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Am is are was were be being been
Become sound live grow seem feel
I smell the flower. – “I” is doing the action of smelling
The flower smells wonderful.—the flower is not smelling itself, so it has a state
of being.
I, since I have always loved dancing, wanted to visit a dance theater.
Independent clauses—subject/verb combinations that make complete thought.
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Independent clauses do not begin with the clue words, subordinating
conjunctions or relative pronouns
(Subordinate plus independent)
o After you graduate from high school, you will work at
McDonald’s.
(Independent plus independent)
o You will work at McDonalds; you will love it.