Which of the following sentences contains a word that's used as a predicate adjective?

A. Jerry looks 'at' the map.


B. Jerry looks 'ill' today.


C. Jerry looks 'into' the microscope.


D. jerry looks 'disdainfully' at the pile of laundry.

Which of the following sentences contains a word that's used as a predicate adjective?
First get rid of the prepositional phrases so the sentences will read:


A. Jerry looks


B. Jerry looks ill


C. Jerry looks


D. Jerry looks disdainfully





Neither A nor C has anything but the verb in the predicate, so they're out.





Disdainfully is an adverb, not an adjective, so it's out.





That leaves B. Jerry looks ill.
Reply:There are two parts of a sentence, the subject part and the predicate part The simple subject is in the subject part, and the verb is in the predicate part.





In English, MOST adjectives come before the noun they modify (describe). RED house; BIG barn; BRILLIANT student.





Now a PREDICATE ADJECTIVE is simply an adjective that follows a linking verb (NEVER AN ACTION VERB) and modifies (describes) the subject.





Example: The book is very SMALL. The adjective "SMALL" follows the linking verb "is" and describes the subject.





Example: The best novel I ever read was enormous in length.


The adjective "enormous" follows the linking verb "was" and describes the subject novel.





CAUTION: The PA ALWAYS modifies the SUBJECT. Note: the following:





Mary is an extraordinary scholar. In this sentence, "extraordinary" modifies Mary and is indeed an adjective. But it is NOT a predicative adjective because it does not modify the subject.





I hope this helps.
Reply:B
Reply:A predicate adjective is an adjective that is used to predicate an attribute of the subject.





Jerry looks ill today.

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