Read the sentence below and respond to the direction that follows. What the team needs is a dedicated coach and a new practice field. Select the answer that identifies the part of speech the noun clause performs in the sentence.

The noun clause is “What the team needs.” It names what the sentence is about and appears before the linking verb “is,” so it functions as the subject. “A dedicated coach and a new practice field” identifies what that subject is, making it the predicate nominative.

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