identifying subjects and complements

• The subject is what the sentence is about.

A noun can be a subjective complement.

A PREDICATE NOUN renames the subject.

It refers to the same person, place, thing, or idea.

A predicate noun follows a linking verb such as the forms of be:

(am, is, are, was, were, be, being, been).

Remember:

Mount Rushmore is a sculpture carved into a mountain.Subject Linking

verb

pred noun

The Amazon is the second largest river in the world.

Subject

Linking verb

Pred. noun

Homer is our cake-eating consultant.Subject

Linking verb

Pred noun

Abe Simpson was once a World War II hero.Subject Linking

verb

Pred noun

New England lobsters are a delicious meal.Subject Linking

verbPred noun

Cheeseburgers are an all-American favorite.

Subject Linking verb

Pred noun

Abraham Lincoln was the sixteenth president of the United States.

Subject Linking verb

Pred noun

The Pyramids of Egypt were great tombs designed to last forever.

SubjectPred nounLinking verb

Pollution in this country has been a problem for decades.

Subject

Pred noun

Linking verb

The Philadelphia Eagles have been a good football team for years.

Well…

Subject Pred nounLinking verb

Mars is the fourth planet from the sun.Subject

Linking verb

Pred noun

Mars will be the next world for astronauts to

explore.

Subject Pred nounLinking verb

At one time, the buffalo was a species that dominated the American west.

Subject Pred noun

Linking verb

Alcatraz was a maximum security prison that closed in 1962.

Subject

Pred nounLinking verb

The rings of Saturn are the jewel of the solar system.

Subject

Pred noun

Linking verb

The change of schedule has been a disaster.Subject Pred nounLinking verb

Once in a mall, Chelsea is a shopaholic.

Subject Pred noun

Linking verb

According to legend, Paul Bunyan was a giant

lumberjack who created logging in the

American Pacific Northwest.

Subject

Pred noun

Linking verb

Mirror Lake is a well-known spot for fishing.Subject

Pred noun

Linking verb

One problem in the world today is

global warming.

Subject

Pred noun

Linking verb

Stephen King is truly a great writer.

Subject Pred nounLinking verb

Evolution is a theory which explains how

life developed on Earth.

Subject Pred noun

Linking verb

Dinosaurs were vertebrate animals that dominated the

Earth for over 160 million years.

Subject Pred nounLinking verb