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Please identify Direct Object, Predicate Nominative, and Predicate Adjective for these sentences:

Is that my hockey stick?

She will be my aunt.

Charlie is very smart.

Please give me that book.

She hit the ballut of the ballpark.

I am struggling to understand the difference. Thank you!
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Please identify Direct Object(DO), Predicate Nominative(PN), and Predicate Adjective(PA) for these sentences:

Is that my hockey stick?(PN)

She will be my aunt.(PN)

Charlie is very smart.(PA)

Please give me that book.(DO)

She hit the ballut of the ballpark.(DO)

I am struggling to understand the difference. Thank you!
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