2006-09-06 06:51:33 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Home Schooling
Usually, adjectives are used before a noun in order to modify the noun: "The big tree sways in the wind." Big is the adjective that modifies tree. A predicate adjective would be preceeded by the noun phrase as in "The tree swaying in the wind is big." Big is still your adjective but it comes at the end.
2006-09-06 06:53:12 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Adjectives which appear after a linking verb are called predicative, because they form part of the predicate. They modify the subject of the sentence or clause (a clause is a portion of a sentence which contains a subject and a predicate).
2006-09-06 15:13:20 · answer #2 · answered by tulips_taurus2000 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A linking verb connects the subject to a word that comes after the verb. That word can be either a predicate noun or a predicate adjective. A predicate noun gives another name to the subject. A predicate adjective describes the subject.
2006-09-06 13:57:25 · answer #3 · answered by Brooke 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A predicate adjective is an adjective that is used to predicate an attribute of the subject. It's an adjective appearing in the predicate of a sentence, following a linking verb and modifying the subject of the sentence.
Examples:
Roses are red. (red)
The building is new. (new)
I feel uncomfortable. (uncomfortable)
2006-09-06 14:00:00 · answer #4 · answered by Miss M ♥ 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A predicate adjective is an adjective that is used to predicate an attribute of the subject.
2006-09-06 13:55:51 · answer #5 · answered by irish_yankee51 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A predicate adjective is an adjective that is used to predicate an attribute of the subject...
Roses are "red".
Noses often become "red"
P.S. An adjective modifies a noun or a pronoun by describing, identifying, or quantifying words. An adjective usually precedes the noun or the pronoun which it modifies.
2006-09-06 13:54:14 · answer #6 · answered by Miss T. 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
An adjective describing whatever is receiving the action of the verb. John (subject) threw (verb) the enormous (predicate adjective) ball (predicate).
2006-09-06 13:53:16 · answer #7 · answered by ndtaya 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
In the sentence "The child was happy." Happy is a predicate adjective because happy is a part of the predicate and modifies the subject.
In the sentence "The child played happily." Happily is an adverb modifying the verb played. It tells how the child played.
2006-09-06 13:59:43 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
predication n.
predicational adj.
predicative adj.
predicative·ly adv.
2006-09-06 13:55:57 · answer #9 · answered by dodi 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
try posting your homework questions in homework help. This is miscategorized
2006-09-06 14:44:13 · answer #10 · answered by Terri 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋