Linking Verbs and Predicate Nouns

What is being linked: Not all snakes are poisonous.

• all snakes poisonous

• all poisonous

• snakes poisonous

• not

What is the linking verb? Earth is home to more than two thousand species of snakes.

• Earth

• more

• snakes

• is

What is the predicate noun- One dangerous snake is the indigo.

• snake

• dangerous

• indigo

• is

What is the linking verb? - They are native to Florida and Georgia.

• are

• to

• They

What is the predicate adjective? - Some snakes are extremely long.

• some

• some are

• are extremely

• long

What is the Linking Verb? -A few become longer than 30 feet.

• become

• than

• few

What is the predicate noun? - The South American anaconda is a large snake.

• large

• anaconda

• snake

What is the linking verb? - Some of them appear tiny.

• tiny

• appear

• Some

What is the predicate noun?- Thread snakes are the smallest snakes.

• smallest

• snakes

• Thread

What is the predicate adjective? A snake's scaly skin looks slippery.

• scaly

• looks

• slippery