Identifying Predicate Nouns
A Grade 8 ELA worksheet focused on identifying and understanding predicate nouns in sentences.
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Identifying Predicate Nouns
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Read each section carefully and follow the instructions. This worksheet will help you practice identifying predicate nouns.
A predicate noun (also called a predicate nominative) is a noun or pronoun that follows a linking verb and renames or identifies the subject of the sentence. Linking verbs include forms of 'to be' (is, am, are, was, were, been, being) and verbs like 'seem,' 'become,' 'feel,' 'look,' 'smell,' 'sound,' and 'taste' when they function as linking verbs.
Example: Maria is a talented artist. (Artist is the predicate noun, renaming Maria.)
1. Which of the following sentences contains a predicate noun?
The dog barked loudly.
She became a doctor.
He runs every morning.
They ate pizza for dinner.
Underline the predicate noun in each sentence.
2. My favorite subject is .
3. The winner of the competition was .
4. That towering building is a .
5. Before the incident, he was a .
6. Write an original sentence that includes a predicate noun. Underline the predicate noun.
7. A predicate noun always follows an action verb.
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