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

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HOMEWORK

1.IRA #3

2.Predicate worksheet

3.Read and annotate Macbeth Act

III, scene i and ii