What is an adjective used as a predicative?

Predicates are used to describe the nature, identity, characteristics and status of the subject. The predicates must be combined with the linking verb to form the compound predicate of the sentence. The predicate is usually placed after the linking verb. The predicate can be composed of Nouns, adjectives or words and phrases that function as nouns and adjectives.

Adjectives can be divided into qualitative adjectives. The predicate is part of the predicate. It is located after the linking verb such as be and describes the subject's identity, characteristics, attributes or Status. Generally consists of nouns, pronouns, adjectives, adverbs, infinitives, prepositional phrases and narrative adjectives.

1) Adjectives that directly describe the nature or characteristics of things are property adjectives, which have grade changes. , can be modified with adverbs of degree, and can be used as attributives, predicates and complements in sentences. For example: hot.

2) Narrative adjectives can only be used as predicatives, so they are also called predicative adjectives. This type of adjective has no degree changes and cannot be modified by degree adverbs. Most adjectives starting with a fall into this category. For example: afraid is afraid.

(Wrong) He is an ill man.

(True) The man is ill.

(Wrong) She is an afraid girl.

(True) The girl is afraid.

Such words also include: well, unwell, ill, faint, afraid, along, alive, alone, asleep, awake, etc.

The so-called predicative adjectives refer to those words that are only used for It can be used as a predicative after a linking verb, but cannot be used as an attributive adjective before a noun. The predicative adjectives in English are very limited. To sum up, they mainly fall into the following categories:

1. Some predicative adjectives start with a- Adjectives at the beginning

afraid

alive

alone

ashamed

asleep

awake

alike similar

Please see examples:

Don't be afraid of it .Don't be afraid.

He was alone in the house. He was alone at home.

If you want to use it as an attributive and have the above meaning, you can use other adjectives instead:

Incorrect: an asleep child, an ashamed girl, an alive poet

Correct: a sleeping child, a shy girl, a living poet

2. Some words indicate health Adjectives of

fine healthy ill sick well healthy

Please see examples:

he was ill and couldn't come． He is sick, so he can't come