Which word in the sentence does the predicate nominative rename?

Pam is the captain of the cheerleaders for the flag football team.

A.
Pam

B.
cheerleaders

C.

team

D.
captain

Question

Which word in the sentence does the predicate nominative rename? 

Pam is the captain of the cheerleaders for the flag football team.
	
	
 
A.
	Pam
	
 
B.
	cheerleaders
	
 
C.
	

team
	
 
D.
	captain

nobodyssalvation · Answer

A predicate nominative is a word in the nominative case that completes a copulative verb, such as son in the sentence Charlie is my son.  Best way to remember this is that it is the word that is used to restate something or someone who was already named, in a different way.  

So here, Pam is the subject, and captain is the predicate nominative that renames her.  So the answer is A.