What Are Predicate Adjectives?
What Are Predicate Adjectives? (with Examples)
A predicate adjective is an adjective that follows a linking verb and modifies (i.e., refers back to) the subject of the linking verb.
A predicate adjective contrasts with an attributive adjective, which typically sits immediately before the noun it modifies.
For example:
Examples of Predicate Adjectives
Below are some examples of predicate adjectives. In these examples, the predicate adjective is shaded and the subject being modified is in bold.
- Lee seems drunk.
- Everything is funny as long as it is happening to somebody else.
- If you look good, you don't need a purpose in life.
- What can you say about a society which says that God is dead, and Elvis is alive?
(The linking verb is seems.)
(The linking verb is is.)
(The linking verb is look.)
(In both cases, the linking verb is is.)
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