Which of the following sentences contains an italicized 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 an italicized word that's used as a predicate adjective?
Doc8's answer is correct.





The correct answer is B, because a predicate adjective is a word used to predicate an attribute of the subject. For example, in the sentence "Roses are red," the word "red" is the predicate adjective, describing an attribute of the subject "roses."


Likewise, in the sentence "Jerry looks ill today," "ill" is the predicate adjective used to describe an attribute of "Jerry," the subject.


D cannot be correct, because disdainfully is an adverb, not an adjective. A and B are incorrect because the entire predicate of each sentence ("at the map" and "into the microscope") describe where Jerry looks, not an attribute of Jerry.
Reply:b. because looks is used as a verb in all the other sentences. in b, it is used as an adjective because you are saying that jerry "looks" ill today, and that is not used as a verb, because jerry is not doing anything. "looks" in that sentence, is kinda like a helping verb, except its not a verb, its helping the sentence tell that jerry is probably ill.
Reply:d
Reply:b