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ENGLISH 10 MS. BUGASCH MARCH 28, 2014 Goals 1.Grammar – Predicate Adjective and Predicate Nominative 2.Macbeth – Act III Preview
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FFW Take out homework: Compare/Contrast Chart Trade your chart with 3 people an add to your own chart.
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LINKING VERBS A linking verb connects the subject to a word or word group that renames or describes the subject.
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LINKING VERBS To 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.}
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COMMONLY USED LINKING VERBS Forms of Be: Other Linking Verbs: ambebeingwas arebeeniswere appeargrowseemstaybecomelooksmelltaste feelremainsoundturn
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ACTION VS. LINKING 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.
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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
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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.
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predicate nominative 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.”) predicate adjective A predicate adjective is an adjective that describes the subject. be made plural Hint: Remember that a predicate nominative can be made plural, but a predicate adjective cannot. PREDICATE NOMINATIVE/ADJECTIVE
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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.
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PRACTICE Predicate Nominative and Predicate Adjective Worksheet (1- 5)
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MACBETH Finish watching Act III
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MACBETH Take 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
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CLOSURE Around the World
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HOMEWORK 1.IRA #3 2.Predicate worksheet 3.Read and annotate Macbeth Act III, scene i and ii
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