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Troy University Writing Center. PREDICATE NOMINATIVE: A noun that follows a linking verb and renames the subject of the. sentence. PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE: A group of words beginning with a preposition and ending with a. noun (the object) and used as an adjective or an adverb.
) A predicate nominative renames, identifies, or explains the subject of the sentence. In a sentence with a predicate nominative, the. linking verb acts as an equal sign between the subject and the predicate nominative. They refer. to the same person or thing. In the following examples, the subject is in boldface, the linking verb is in italics, and the predicate nominative is underlined.