Nominative Case Nouns

What is a noun?

• person, place, thing, animal, idea
• subject, predicate
• suffix, prefix, affix
• main, helping

Which word in the sentence is a noun?

A quiet bird flew right by.

• bird
• quiet
• right
• flew

What is the subject in this sentence: "The cat played with the ball of yarn."

• cat

• played

• ball

• yarn

What is the subject in this sentence: "Ms. Hong wore a jean jacket today."

• wore

• jean jacket

• Ms. Hong

• today

Identify the subject complement.

My friend is a doctor.

• My

• friend

• is

• doctor

Identify the subject complement.

Mike is the president of the company.

• Mike

• is

• president

• company

Identify the subject complement.

My son was a professional basketball player.

• son

• was

• player

• professional basketball player

Identify the linking verb.

Michael Jackson was a great singer.

• Michael Jackson

• was

• a

• great singer

Identify the linking verb.

Mark and John will be the leaders of their club.

• Mark and John

• leaders

• of

• will be

Identify the subject and subject complement.

Brandon is a gifted athlete.

• Brandon (S)

  athlete (SC)

• Brandon (S)

  is (SC)

• Brandon (S)

  gifted athlete (SC)

• athlete (S)

  Brandon (SC)