Question

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Which word in the sentence is the predicate nominative?

A killer whale is a mammal with a black body and white patches.

A.
mammal

B.
body

C.
patches

D.
whale

Answer 1

@sleepyhead314

Answer 2

is it D???

Answer 3

http://grammar.about.com/od/pq/g/predicatenominativeterm.htm
I think it would be the noun that comes right after the linking verb?
linking verb as in "is, are, was, were"

Answer 4

oh A?

Answer 5

yes, I think so :)

Answer 6

@sleepyjess could you check?

Answer 7

can u help me with one more

Answer 8

uuhhhhh give me just a min to read that

Answer 9

ok

Answer 10

so is it A

Answer 11

ok so A is correct ^_^

Answer 12

yep

Answer 13

ok

Answer 14

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Which word in the sentence is the predicate nominative?

Down the road, that dark shape might be a dog.

A.
dark

B.
dog

C.
road

D.
shape

Answer 15

Yep, I agree with A

Answer 16

What do you think on this one?

Answer 17

for the other one
the noun you want is after the linking verb
here are examples of linking verbs
http://grammar.about.com/od/il/g/linkverbterm05.htm

Answer 18

i think C

Answer 19

am i right