Chapter 2

Question 1

“Be” Verb Sentence Construction

Answer 1

Pattern 1: Subject–Be–Adjective of Time or Place

Subject | Verb

                    \_Adverb_

Pattern 2: Subject–Be–Predicate Adjective

Subject | BE \Predicate Adjective*

*If the Predicate Adjective is a Prepositional Phrase it is placed on a tower

Pattern 3: Subject–Be–Predicate Noun

Subject | BE \Predicate Noun

Question 2

Linking Verb Sentence Construction

Answer 2

Pattern 4: Subject–Linking Verb– Predicate Adjective

Subject | Linking Verb \ Predicate Adjective*

*If the Predicate Ajecective takes the form of a prepositional phrase it is placed on a tower

Pattern 5: Subject–Linking Verb– Predicate Noun

Subject | Linking Verb \ Predicate Noun

Question 3

Predicate Noun

Answer 3

A predicate noun is a single noun or a noun phrase that renames the subject of a sentence and follows a form of the verb “to be” or a linking verb

Question 4

Predicate Adjective

Answer 4

A predicate adjective is very similar to a predicate noun in that it completes the predicate and follows an intransitive verb.

Question 5

Linking Verb

Answer 5

A linking verb is a verb which connects a subject to its predicate without expressing an action. A linking verb is used to re-identify or describe its subject.

If you can substitute am, is, or are and the sentence still sounds logical it is a linking verb

Question 6

Subjective Complement

Answer 6

A subject complement is the adjective, noun, or pronoun that follows a linking verb.

Only linking verbs can have subject complements. If the verb is action, then the word that answers the question what? or who? after the subject + verb is a direct object