PN and PA Review

What steps must you follow to find a complement (DO,IO,PN,PA)

• Remove prepositional phrases• Find the verb• Decide whether the verb is ACTION or LINKING

• If it’s action ask what or whom to find DO• Then ask for what or for whom to find IO

• If it’s linking ask what or whom and decide if the word is a noun/pronoun or an adjective

PN & PAPredicate nominatives follow a ___________ verb

and _________ the subject or mean the same thing as _________.

o linking, rename, subject

Predicate adjectives follow a ___________ verb and ___________ the subject.

o linking, modify

The LINKING VERBS• COMMON LINKING VERBS• Am, is, are, was, were• Be, being, been

• SENSORY LINKING VERBS• Looks, tastes, feels, sounds, smells

• OTHER LINKING VERBS• Seems, appears, remains, becomes, stays,

grows

Give yourself a Pre-test• Take out a blank sheet of paper• Skipping lines, number to 20

• SCALE

• 0-5 correct = I’m lost!

• 6-10 correct = This is kind of confusing.?!

• 11-15 correct = I’m starting to understand this.

• 16-18 correct = I am pretty good at this.

• 19-20 correct = Go ahead and crown me. I’m king/queen of complements!

Sample:Josh carried a blue bag to school on Friday.

•DO = bag

1) DO, IO, PN, or PA?

• The ocean smells fresh in the summertime.

•PA = fresh

2) DO, IO, PN, or PA?

• Harry likes the new movies in the theater.

•DO = movies

3) DO, IO, PN, or PA?

• We have always provided them adequate supplies to feed their pets.

•DO = supplies•IO = them

4) DO, IO, PN, or PA?

• The team has been prepared for this for a long time.

•PA = prepared

5) DO, IO, PN, or PA?

• The professors were former students of the university.

•PN = students

6) DO, IO, PN, or PA?

• The first one in the gym will be the captain of the team.

•PN = captain

7) DO, IO, PN, or PA?

• They always argue with them about the rules of the game.

• NONE, intransitive

8) DO, IO, PN, or PA?

• Help me to the stairs.

•DO= me

9) DO, IO, PN, or PA?

• The birthday cake tastes too sweet for me.

•PA = sweet

10) DO, IO, PN, or PA?

• Mary will be the first camper to go on the trip.

•PN = camper

11) DO, IO, PN, or PA?

• The chicken ate the seeds off the floor of the coop.

•DO = seeds

12) DO, IO, PN, or PA?

• Marshana handed her friend the phone.

•DO = phone•IO = friend

13) DO, IO, PN, or PA?

• Tricia is being an assistant for the day.

•PN = assistant

14) DO, IO, PN, or PA?

• We never lock the back door on the weekends.

•DO = door

15) DO, IO, PN, or PA?

• Be careful on the icy roads.

•PA = careful

16) DO, IO, PN, or PA?

• Gary and his brother have been soldiers in the Army for 10 years.

•PN = soldiers

17) DO, IO, PN, or PA?

• Iguanas are reptiles of great adaptability.

•PN = reptiles

18) DO, IO, PN, or PA?

• Pioneers carried many of their supplies on horseback.

•DO = many

19) DO, IO, PN, or PA?

• The athletes on our team are energetic in all practices.

•PA = energetic

20) DO, IO, PN, or PA?

• Hyenas will often travel in pairs through the savanna during the night.

•NONE = intransitive

How well did you do?• Total the number of answers that you gave that were correct• Write the number at the top of the page

• SCALE

• 0-5 correct = I’m lost!

• 6-10 correct = This is kind of confusing.!?

• 11-15 correct = I’m starting to understand this…

• 16-18 correct = I am pretty good at this.

• 19-20 correct = Go ahead and crown me. I’m king/queen of complements!