Predicate

Nominatives,
Appositives and
Appositive Phrases
Predicate Nominatives

 Noun or Pronoun
 Comes after a LINKING VERB
 Re-identifies the subject or directly
refers to it.

Mr. Richards is the mayor.

Predicate Nominative vs.
Direct Object
 A predicate nominative IS NOT the
direct object.
 Direct Object
Alice caught a crazy cat.
 Predicate Nominative
Alice is a crazy cat.
Predicate Adjective

 Adjective in the predicate of the sentence

 Follows a LINKING VERB
 Describes the subject while renaming it

Mr. Richards is intelligent.

Can you find the Predicate
Nominative?

1. Sophie is my closest friend.

2. Botany is the study of plants.
3. The flag became a national symbol.
4. The lead actress in the movie was
Reese Witherspoon.
5. Sixth period was a good example of
behavior.
Can you find the Predicate
Nominative?

1. Sophie is my closest friend.

2. Botany is the study of plants.
3. The flag became a national symbol.
4. The lead actress in the movie was
Reese Witherspoon.
5. Sixth period was a good example of
behavior.
Can you find the Predicate
Nominative?

1. Sophie is my closest friend.

2. Botany is the study of plants.
3. The flag became a national symbol.
4. The lead actress in the movie was
Reese Witherspoon.
5. Sixth period was a good example of
behavior.
Can you find the Predicate
Nominative?

1. Sophie is my closest friend.

2. Botany is the study of plants.
3. The flag became a national symbol.
4. The lead actress in the movie was
Reese Witherspoon.
5. Sixth period was a good example of
behavior.
Can you find the Predicate
Nominative?

1. Sophie is my closest friend.

2. Botany is the study of plants.
3. The flag became a national symbol.
4. The lead actress in the movie was
Reese Witherspoon.
5. Sixth period was a good example of
behavior.
Can you find the Predicate
Nominative?

1. Sophie is my closest friend.

2. Botany is the study of plants.
3. The flag became a national symbol.
4. The lead actress in the movie was
Reese Witherspoon.
5. Sixth period was a good example of
poor behavior.
 PRACTICE

 Complete Worksheet page 31

Predicate Nominatives
Appositive

 A noun or pronoun placed after another

noun or pronoun to:
 identify,
 rename, or
 explain the preceding word.

The painter Pablo Picasso lived in Spain.

I would love to visit Spain’s famous museum,
The Prado.
Appositive Phrase

 An appositive phrase is:

 A noun or pronoun with modifiers
(describing words).
 It stands next to a noun or pronoun and
adds information or details.
Examples of appositive
phrases
 Willa Cather, an American novelist, wrote
My Antonia.

 Lisbon, a thriving port in Portugal, has

often been the scene of espionage.

 The shopping center – a network of cars,

shops, and people – provides many jobs.
Appositives and appositive
phrases CAN be compound

 The two settings, a city in England and a

city in Russia, are contrasted in the book.
An appositive is NOT a
prepositional phrase
Prepositional Phrase:
The boy with the broken arm is my
brother.
Appositive:
The boy, the one with the broken
arm, is my brother.
Commas and appositives

 When this word or group of words

interrupts a sentence, it needs commas
on both sides.
Riley, my dog, is gregarious

 EXCEPTION: If it is one word, name, or

title, NO COMMA IS NEEDED!
My dog Riley is gregarious.
Examples from Tuck
Everlasting

 “Winnie, the only child of the house,

never went there…”

 It was Mae Tuck with her other

son, Jesse’s older brother.

Which sentence contains an
appositive?

A The books need placed in the desk.

B The wind blew leaves into the pool.
C My computer, a laptop, is easy to
transport.
D The police blocked off the intersection.
Which sentence contains an
appositive?

A The books need placed in the desk.

B The wind blew leaves into the pool.
C My computer, a laptop, is easy to
transport.
D The police blocked off the intersection.
Which words in the above sentence
forms an appositive?

The window, which is broken, needs to be

taken out and replaced.
A The window,
B which is broken,
C needs to be taken
D out and replaced.
Which words in the above sentence
forms an appositive?

The window, which is broken, needs to be

taken out and replaced.
A The window,
B which is broken,
C needs to be taken
D out and replaced.
 PRACTICE

 Complete Worksheet page 35

Appositives