Pred Adjectives and Irregulars
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PREDICATE ADJECTIVES
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What is a Predicate Adjective?
•It is an adjective that follows a linking verb.
•It describes the subject of the sentence.
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•When an Adjective follows a linking verb…
it is part of the Predicate.
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So… it is called a Predicate Adjective.
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Not
ice…1 predicate adjective can modify a compound subject.
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And…
2 predicate adjectives may be joined to modify the same subject.
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Example:
The boy and girl are nice.
The teacher seems mean and strict!
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Rem
embe
r…• Predicate Adjectives
come after the words they modify.
• They are separated from the subject by a linking verb.
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Irregular Adjectives
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The comparative
and superlative forms of
some adjectives…
Are completely different words
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Here are
some of those forms:
• Next screen please
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• good better best• bad worse worst• little less least• much more most
• many more most• far farther farthest