Steamers are the transportation for the tourists.
In the sentence above, transportation is a
linking verb
helping verb
predicate adjective
predicate noun
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In the sentence "Steamers are the transportation for the tourists," the word "transportation" is functioning as a predicate noun.
In the sentence "Steamers are the transportation for the tourists," the word "transportation" is functioning as a predicate noun.
A predicate noun follows a linking verb and renames or identifies the subject of the sentence. Here, the linking verb "are" connects the subject "Steamers" to the predicate noun "transportation." It is describing what steamers are or what their role is for the tourists.