PARTS OF SPEECH

1. PARTS OF SPEECH Predicate pronouns, predicate nouns, direct object, indirect objects, predicate adjectives. By natasha and clark!

2. Predicate Nouns • Renames, identifies, or defines the subject after a linking verb. • Refer to page 47-49 in the language networks book • Example: He remains the best student in the class. • Student in this case is the predicate noun • Student is the predicate noun because it follows the linking verb remains and identifies the verbs subject.

3. Predicate Pronoun • Follows a linking verb, and identifies the verb’s subject. • Page 61 in the language networks book. • Example: The buyers you and she….. • The words you and she are the predicate pronouns • Those words are the predicate nouns because they follow the linking verb and identify the verb’s subject

4. Direct Object • Names the receiver of the action after an action verb. • Page 47 in language networks • Example: Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence • The direct objects is Declaration of Independence • The direct object is Declaration of Independence because it names the reciever of he action which in this case is wrote.

5. Predicate Adjective A predicate adjective is an adjective that follows a linking verb and describes the verb’s subject. Page 129 in he Language Network book The airplanes were strange.

6. Indirect Object • Tells to whom or what or of whom or of what an action is done. • Page 47 and 55 in the Language network book • Kyra just handed Jordan a moldy plum. • Jordan is the indirect object • Jordan is the indirect object because Jordan tells to whom an object Is done.

7. Lets see what you’ve learned • Find the indirect object in this sentence • Natasha just handed clark a moldy plum. Is the answer Clark Natasha Moldy plum Or handed

8. The answer • The answer would be A, clark! • Now if you have anymore questions please refer to the given pages THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME