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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Predicate nominative or predicate adjective
I have 10 sentences and I am having a hard time deciding what the pn or the pa is.
1. Latex becomes rubber when heated.
2. Rubber tappers from the Amazon sell latex, which they extract from rubber treees, to manufacturers; this substance is the basis for many rubber products.
3. The rubber tappers are mostly poor and uneducated, but they are hard workers.
4. The ranchers and farmers were greedy for land and began to burn the rain forest at an alarming rate.
5. These fires were dangerous not only to the thousands of species of plants and animals of the forest but also to the livelihood of the rubber tappers.
6. Chico Mendes was a rubber tapper and a member of a workers' union.
7. He became the spokesperson for and a hero to the poor rubber tappers.
8. He warned that the destruction of the Amazon rain forest was a threat to the world.
9. Environmentalists from around the world took notice of Mendes's message, but local ranchers and farmers became angry with Mendes.
10. It was a surprise to the world when two local ranchers assassinated Chico Mendes on December 22, 1988.
1. Latex becomes rubber when heated.
2. Rubber tappers from the Amazon sell latex, which they extract from rubber treees, to manufacturers; this substance is the basis for many rubber products.
3. The rubber tappers are mostly poor and uneducated, but they are hard workers.
4. The ranchers and farmers were greedy for land and began to burn the rain forest at an alarming rate.
5. These fires were dangerous not only to the thousands of species of plants and animals of the forest but also to the livelihood of the rubber tappers.
6. Chico Mendes was a rubber tapper and a member of a workers' union.
7. He became the spokesperson for and a hero to the poor rubber tappers.
8. He warned that the destruction of the Amazon rain forest was a threat to the world.
9. Environmentalists from around the world took notice of Mendes's message, but local ranchers and farmers became angry with Mendes.
10. It was a surprise to the world when two local ranchers assassinated Chico Mendes on December 22, 1988.
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The only linking verbs you have in those sentences are be and become . Find the forms of those verbs ( is, are, was, were, become, becomes, became, ... ).
- The only linking verbs you have in those sentences are be and become .
- Find the forms of those verbs ( is, are, was, were, become, becomes, became, ...
- ).
- Then find the nouns or adjectives after them.
- Give it a try, tell us your answers, and we'll comment on them.
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The only linking verbs you have in those sentences are be and become. Find the forms of those verbs (is, are, was, were, become, becomes, became, ...). Then find the nouns or adjectives after them.
Give it a try, tell us your answers, and we'll comment on them.
CJ
Give it a try, tell us your answers, and we'll comment on them.
CJ
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