8th Grade HMH Grammar Workbook Module 4

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What is a Predicate Nominative?

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A Predicate Nominative is a noun or pronoun that follows a linking verb and renames or identifies the subject.

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Identify the Predicate Nominative in the sentence: 'Marco Polo was an Italian explorer.'

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explorer

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What is a Predicate Adjective?

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A Predicate Adjective is an adjective that follows a linking verb and describes the subject.

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Identify the Predicate Adjective in the sentence: 'The smoke from the fire smelled spicy to us.'

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spicy

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What is a Direct Object?

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A Direct Object is a noun or pronoun that receives the action of a verb.

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Identify the Direct Object in the sentence: 'Juan wrote a letter to his mom.'

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letter

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What is an Indirect Object?

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An Indirect Object is a noun or pronoun that indicates to whom or for whom the action of the verb is done.

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Identify the Indirect Object in the sentence: 'Juan wrote his mom a letter.'

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his mom

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What is a linking verb?

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A linking verb connects the subject of a sentence to a subject complement, which can be a noun, pronoun, or adjective.

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Give an example of a linking verb.

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Examples include 'is', 'are', 'was', 'were', 'seem', 'become'.