186k views
3 votes
In which sentence is the underlined word or group of words a predicate nominative? Polio is a contagious disease that has mostly been eradicated. Jonas Edward Salk became famous for developing a polio vaccine. In the 1940s, polio was widespread.

2 Answers

3 votes

Answer:

"disease"

Step-by-step explanation:

User Jaye Renzo Montejo
by
8.1k points
1 vote
The correct answer should be "a contagious disease" if that is underlined. That is because it has the "is" which is a copulative verb and it has "a contagious disease" which is a predicate nominative that builds a full predicate with the copulative verb
User Noah Watkins
by
8.7k points
Welcome to QAmmunity.org, where you can ask questions and receive answers from other members of our community.