Predicate Noun and Adjective

Subject Compliments

​There are 2 types of subject compliments:

1. predicate nouns 

2. predicate adjectives 

• They both only follow LINKING VERBS
  

Multiple Choice

Predicate nouns and predicate adjectives follow

• action verbs

• helping verbs

• linking verbs

​Predicate Nouns

A predicate noun comes after a linking verb in a sentence and renames the subject.

Subject | Subject

Some text here about the topic of discussion

Multiple Choice

What is the subject of the sentence?

She is a teacher.

• She

• is

• a

• teacher

Multiple Choice

What type of verb is in the sentence?

She is a teacher.

• Linking Verb

• Action Verb

• Helping Verb

Multiple Choice

She is a teacher.

• Predicate Noun

• Predicate Adjective

​Predicate Adjectives

A predicate adjective also follows a linking verb in a sentence, but since it is an adjective, it tells us something about the subject.

Subject | Subject

Some text here about the topic of discussion

Multiple Choice

What is the subject of the sentence?

She is beautiful.

• She

• is

• a

• teacher

Multiple Choice

What type of verb is in the sentence?

She is beautiful.

• Linking Verb

• Action Verb

• Helping Verb

Multiple Choice

She is a beautiful.

• Predicate Noun

• Predicate Adjective

Important to Remember:

You will never have a predicate noun nor a predicate adjective if there is an action verb in the sentence. There must be a linking verb.

Subject | Subject

Some text here about the topic of discussion

Multiple Choice

There CANNOT be a predicate noun or predicate adjective if there is an __________________ in the sentence.

• Helping Verb

• Action Verb

• Linking Verb

Multiple Choice

What is the subject of the sentence?

He was a soldier.

• soldier

• He

• was

Multiple Choice

What type of verb is in the sentence?

He was a solider.

• Action Verb

• Linking Verb

• Helping Verb

Multiple Choice

He was a soldier.

• Predicate Noun

• Predicate Adjective

Multiple Choice

What is the subject of the sentence?

She ate a juicy hamburger.

• ate

• juicy

• hamburger

• She

Multiple Choice

What type of verb is in this sentence?

She ate a juicy cheeseburger

• Linking Verb

• Action Verb

• Helping Verb

Multiple Choice

What type of verb is in this sentence?

She ate a juicy cheeseburger

• Predicate Noun

• Predicate Adjective

• Direct Object

• Indirect Object