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Q. Hoping you can help. The sentence is:

Africa is one of the warmest continents in the world.

The intransitive verb is "is". What is the predicate nominative?

Also.......

The sentence is:

Some areas receive 150 inches of rain a year.

The transitive verb is receive. What is the direct object?

A. The predicate nominative in the first sentence is "one."

The direct object in the second sentence is "inches."


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