What is the linking verb and predicate noun or predicate adjective in this sentence? She was about to say more, but faolan interrupted.

The linking verb in this sentence is " was", predicate noun is faolon and the predicate adjective is "interrupted"

Explanation:

1. Linking verbs are those verbs in which there is no reference of action but just helps in connecting and linking the subject with the predicate in a given sentence. Examples include is, was, were, seem, are, am, look, feel sound, etc.

2. Verbs are basically considered to be action words but linking verbs do not talk bout action in a sentence rather it just assists in linking the first part of the sentence that is the subject, the doer in the sentence, with the predicate, which is what the subject does.

3. Predicate adjectives are those adjectives that transform and change the sentence which means that it doesn't rename the subject rather it describes it. In the above sentence," She was about to say more, but faolan interrupted", the word "interrupted" is the predicate adjective. A predicate is what the subject does and out here in the sentence the subject interrupted, hence it is predicate adjective. Here the predicate noun is faolon and what faolon did is predicate adjective, i.e, he interrupted.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

pulling in the reader is important