Working With Verbs Flashcards
Lesson 42 Understand linking verbs followed by predicate nominatives.
The Linking Verb Be and Predicate Nominatives
Can be be transitive?
Why or why not
No. Be cannot be transitive. Be express being not action and so cannot transfer action
The Linking Verb Be and Predicate Nominatives
If an action verb is followed by a noun the noun is usually a ________ object
direct
The Linking Verb Be and Predicate Nominatives
True or False
When forms of be are followed by a noun (or pronoun) they are not direct objects.
True
The Linking Verb Be and Predicate Nominatives
When a noun or pronoun follow forms of be what are they?
Predicate nominatives
(also known as predicate nouns or pronouns)
The Linking Verb Be and Predicate Nominatives
What is a predicate nominative
a noun or pronoun in the predicate that renames the subject
The Linking Verb Be and Predicate Nominatives
What does a linking verb join?
A word in the predicate to the subject
The Linking Verb Be and Predicate Nominatives
All forms of be can be used as __________ verbs
linking
The Linking Verb Be and Predicate Nominatives
A linking verb is like what sign in arithmetic? And how?
an equal sign (=)
when a linking verb is followed by a preidcate nominative the noun or pronoun in the predicate is equal to the subject
The Linking Verb Be and Predicate Nominatives
True or False
A subject and the predicate nominative can usually be exchanged without changing the meaning of the sentence
True
The Linking Verb Be and Predicate Nominatives
True or False
A direct object can be exchanged with the subject without changing the meanining of the sentence
False
A direct object cannot be exhanged for the subject without changing its meaning
The Linking Verb Be and Predicate Nominatives
When is a form of be a linking verb?
when used as the main verb
The Linking Verb Be and Predicate Nominatives
When is a form of be a helping verb?
when used with an action verb
The Linking Verb Be and Predicate Nominatives
How is a predicate nominative diagrammed?
on the base line after the verb with a slanted line that leans toward the subject
