What questions do predicate nominatives and adjectives answer?

Here's how to understand the questions answered by predicate nominatives and adjectives:

Predicate Nominatives

* What question they answer: "What is the subject?"

* Example: "My favorite author is Stephen King."

* Subject: My favorite author

* Predicate nominative: Stephen King (renames the subject)

Predicate Adjectives

* What question they answer: "What is the subject like?"

* Example: "The sky is blue."

* Subject: The sky

* Predicate adjective: blue (describes the subject)

Key Points

* They follow a linking verb: Linking verbs connect the subject to a word that renames or describes it. Common linking verbs include "be," "seem," "appear," "become," "feel," "look," "sound," "smell," "taste."

* They modify the subject: Predicate nominatives and adjectives don't function as traditional adjectives or nouns in the sentence. They provide information about the subject.

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