{"id":671,"date":"2022-04-20T05:29:06","date_gmt":"2022-04-20T05:29:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/6thclass.deltapublications.in\/?page_id=671"},"modified":"2025-10-03T07:19:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T07:19:07","slug":"e-aa-3-identify-linking-verbs-predicate-adjectives-and-predicate-nouns","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/6thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/e-aa-3-identify-linking-verbs-predicate-adjectives-and-predicate-nouns\/","title":{"rendered":"E- AA.3 Identify linking verbs, predicate adjectives and predicate nouns"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-text-color\" style=\"color:#00056d;text-transform:uppercase\"><strong> Identify linking verbs, predicate adjectives and predicate nouns<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-large-font-size\" style=\"color:#74008b\"><strong>Key Notes:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong>\ud83c\udf1fLinking Verbs, Predicate Adjectives &amp; Predicate Nouns \ud83c\udf1f<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-fixed-layout\" style=\"color:#000060\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Linking Verbs<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Linking verbs <strong>connect the subject to more information<\/strong> about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They <strong>do not show action<\/strong>; they <strong>link<\/strong> the subject to a description or a noun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Common Linking Verbs:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>be verbs:<\/strong> am, is, are, was, were, be, being, been<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Others: seem, become, appear, feel, look, sound, taste, grow, remain<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Example:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>She <strong>is<\/strong> happy \ud83d\ude0a<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The cake <strong>tastes<\/strong> sweet \ud83c\udf70<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-fixed-layout\" style=\"color:#000060\"><tbody><tr><td><strong><strong>Predicate Adjectives<\/strong> \ud83c\udfa8<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A <strong>predicate adjective<\/strong> <strong>follows a linking verb<\/strong> and <strong>describes the subject<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It <strong>tells what the subject is like<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Example:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The flowers <strong>are beautiful<\/strong> \ud83c\udf38<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>He <strong>seems tired<\/strong> \ud83d\ude34<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tip:<\/strong> Ask <strong>\u201cWhat is the subject like?\u201d<\/strong> to find the predicate adjective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-fixed-layout\" style=\"color:#000060\"><tbody><tr><td><strong><strong>Predicate Nouns<\/strong> \ud83c\udff7\ufe0f<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A <strong>predicate noun<\/strong> (also called <strong>predicate nominative<\/strong>) <strong>follows a linking verb<\/strong> and <strong>renames or identifies the subject<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It <strong>answers \u201cWho?\u201d or \u201cWhat?\u201d<\/strong> about the subject.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Example:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>She <strong>is a teacher<\/strong> \ud83d\udc69\u200d\ud83c\udfeb<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>My favorite fruit <strong>is mango<\/strong> \ud83e\udd6d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tip:<\/strong> Ask <strong>\u201cWho or what is the subject?\u201d<\/strong> to find the predicate noun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-fixed-layout\" style=\"color:#000060\"><tbody><tr><td><strong><strong>Quick Trick to Identify<\/strong> \u2728<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Find the <strong>subject<\/strong> \u2705<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Find the <strong>linking verb<\/strong> \ud83e\udea2<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ask:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>\u201cWhat is the subject like?\u201d<\/strong> \u2192 Predicate Adjective<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>\u201cWho or what is the subject?\u201d<\/strong> \u2192 Predicate Noun<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-fixed-layout\" style=\"color:#000060\"><tbody><tr><td><strong><strong>Practice Examples<\/strong> \ud83d\udcdd<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The sky <strong>is blue<\/strong> \ud83c\udf0c \u2192 Predicate Adjective<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>My brother <strong>becomes a doctor<\/strong> \ud83d\udc68\u200d\u2695\ufe0f \u2192 Predicate Noun<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The soup <strong>smells delicious<\/strong> \ud83c\udf72 \u2192 Predicate Adjective<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>She <strong>is my best friend<\/strong> \ud83d\udc6d \u2192 Predicate Noun<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-fixed-layout\" style=\"color:#000060\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>\ud83d\udca1 <strong>Remember:<\/strong><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Linking verbs <strong>do not show action<\/strong>!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Predicate adjectives <strong>describe<\/strong>, predicate nouns <strong>rename<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-large-font-size\" style=\"color:#d90000\"><strong>Let&#8217;s Practice! \ud83d\udd8a\ufe0f<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a 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Common Linking Verbs: Example: Predicate Adjectives \ud83c\udfa8 A predicate adjective<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/6thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/e-aa-3-identify-linking-verbs-predicate-adjectives-and-predicate-nouns\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8220;E- AA.3 Identify linking verbs, predicate adjectives and predicate nouns&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-671","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/6thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/671","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/6thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/6thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=671"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/6thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/671\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17184,"href":"https:\/\/6thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/671\/revisions\/17184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/6thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}