Subjects and Subject Complements

Nouns as Subjects and Subject Complements

6A & 6C Writing

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A merchant purchased a large diamond in the 1600s.

• merchant

• purchased

• large

• diamond

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Jewelers cut the rare diamond with great care.

• Jewelers

• diamond

• cut

• care

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Henry Philip Hope acquired the beautiful stone in the 1800s.

• Henry Philip Hope

• acquired

• stone

• 1800s

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Mrs. Evalyn Walsh McLean owned it until 1947.

• Mrs. Evalyn Walsh McLean

• owned

• it

• 1947

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Harry Winston, a New York diamond merchant, bought the gem.

• Harry Winston

• New York

• merchant

• gem

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The Canadian National Exhibition also exhibited the jewel for a time.

• Canadian National Exhibition

• exhibited

• jewel

• time

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The Smithsonian still features the blue-colored gem.

• Smithsonian

• blue-colored

• gem

• features

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The Hope Diamond is a steely-blue stone.

• Hope Diamond

• steely-blue

• stone

• is

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India is the location where the diamond was originally mined.

• India

• location

• diamond

• mined

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The jewel was the stolen eye of a Hindu idol sculpture.

• jewel

• eye

• idol

• sculpture

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Jean Baptiste Tavernier was its first known owner.

• Jean Baptiste Tavernier

• first

• known

• owner

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The gem was later the possession of King George IV of England.

• gem

• possession

• King George IV

• England

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Many people were owners of the diamond throughout its history.

• people

• owners

• diamond

• history

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The Hope family was keeper of the stone for nearly a century.

• Hope

• family

• keeper

• stone

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A diamond merchant named Harry Winston owned it for nine years.

• merchant

• Harry Winston

• it

• years

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The bottom facet is the surface that Winston had cut to increase the stone's brilliance.

• facet

• surface

• Winston

• brilliance

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The Smithsonian Institution is a famous museum.

• Smithsonian Institution

• is

• famous

• museum

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This museum is now the home of the Hope Diamond.

• museum

• home

• of

• Hope Diamond

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In 2005 the stone was officially declared part of the stolen French Blue crown jewel.

• stone

• part

• French Blue

• jewel

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