Q. What does predicate nominative mean?
: a noun or pronoun in the nominative or common case completing the meaning of a copula.
Q. How do you know if something is a predicate nominative?
To determine whether the subject is being linked to the predicate nominative, replace the verb with the correct form of the verb TO BE. If it works, the verb is linking and if the word it links to the subject is a noun, it is the predicate nominative.
Q. How do you change direct speech to indirect speech in French?
Indirect speech requires a reporting verb to take the place of the quotation marks used in direct speech. The reporting verb must be followed by the subordinating conjunction que (usually) or si, with the original utterance turned into a subordinate clause.
Q. What is the pluperfect tense in French?
The pluperfect tense describes things that had happened or were true at a point in the past before something else happened. It is formed with the imperfect tense of avoir or être and the past participle. The rules for agreement of the past participle are the same as for the perfect tense.
Q. How do you write a direct speech in French?
Direct speech is very simple. You simply repeat the exact words of the original speaker: you quote them. So, logically enough, written direct speech is set off by quotation marks (guillemets in French). Ma fille dit : « Je vais être médecin ».
Q. How do you write a French speech?
Writing a speech in French follows the same basic rules as writing one in English: introduction, body of the speech and conclusion. Begin by welcoming your audience. “Bonjour (or bonsoir) mesdames et messieurs” will do nicely, as it is the expected French greeting. Apologize for not speaking French perfectly.
Q. Do the French use speech marks?
Introduction to French quotation marks or guillemets Alternately known as angle quotes or French quotation marks, guillemets are used in various languages around spoken passages of text. Unlike English quotation marks, guillemets are not represented by grouped apostrophes.
