English 9H Ms. Bugasch March 24, 2014

1. English 9H Ms. Bugasch March 24, 2014 Goals Grammar – Predicate nominative; predicate adjective Romeo and Juliet – Review Act III

2. FFW • Take out homework: Essays; textbook questions • Begin to fill out Summary Worksheet for Act III

3. Homework Review • Go over and discuss textbook questions

4. Linking Verbs • A linking verb connects the subject to a word or word group that renames or describes the subject.

5. 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.}

6. Commonly Used Linking Verbs • Forms of Be: • Other Linking Verbs:

7. 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.

8. 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

9. 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.

10. Predicate Nominative/Adjective • 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.”) • A predicate adjective is an adjective that describes the subject. • Hint:Remember that a predicate nominative canbe made plural, but a predicate adjective cannot.

11. 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.

12. Example: The children seemedsadafter the movie. prepositional phrase -after the movie linking verb- seemed Subject- children predicate adjective- sad, because is describes the subject. It cannot be plural.

13. Practice • Predicate Nominative and Predicate Adjective Worksheet (1-5)

14. Romeo and Juliet • Finish watching Act III

15. Closure • Are there any differences in the movie from what we read in the play from this Act?

16. Homework • Act III Journals due Thursday • Finish Act III summary worksheet • Finish predicate/adjective nominative worksheet