1. Vocabulary Cloze Activity Read part 3 of the short story “The Good Man” fill in the blanks from your vocabulary in your notebook.

2. Now that Don Pablo’s legacy continued. The poor old people began to _______ fresh vegetable for hot meals. The people that helped didn’t like the idea, but decided to go with it to avoid any __________. They thought that it was a _________ the idea of fresh vegetable would create more hot meals People learned a lot from Pablo, even on how to treat each other. He taught them not to be _________, and to be truthful. He also taught respect, so that people would not throw ________ at each other. exchange arguments plausible mendacious barbs

4. This is not something nice you say to a subject. The subject complement is a noun, pronoun, or adjective that comes after a linking verb and identify or describe the subject. There are two kinds: Predicate Nouns and Predicate Adjectives.

5. The most common linking verb is “to be” I am was You are were He is was We are were They are were Also: be, being, been The following are sometimes linking verbs Appear Feel Look Seem Sound Taste Become Grow Remain Smell Stay Turn

6. Earlier we learned that a Direct Object receives the action of the action verb. Now we are learning that a Predicate Noun is linked to the Subject by a linking verb. Remember that linking verbs act like equals signs. The Subject = Predicate Noun

8.  A Predicate Noun is always a Noun (obviously).  A Predicate Noun will never come inside a prepositional phrase. Unless it is a question, the Predicate Noun will always come after the linking verb: Subject-Linking Verb-Predicate Noun Predicate Nouns always use Subject pronouns (not object pronouns) I, he, she, we, they, who

9. My church is Hollywood Presbyterian. The youth group is a collection of all types of kids. Some kids are skaters. Some kids seem to be skaters but are preppies. Other kids have always been rap fans. Two kids are country music types. They are nice. NO