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1 A Predicate adjectiveis an adjective that follows a linking verb and describes theverb s subject. The linking verb connects the Predicate adjective with the in the city is dangerous. (The linking verbs is Predicate adjective isdangerous.)Often, forms of be are linking verbs, as in the above example. However, predicateadjectives can also follow other linking verbs such as taste, smell, feel, look,become, and a disaster seemed impossible.(The linking verbs is predicateadjective isimpossible.)Identifying Predicate AdjectivesUnderline the Predicate adjective in each sentence. If the sentence has nopredicate adjective, write Noneon the line to the 1871, the city of Chicago was already 350,000 residents felt proud of their beautiful of the buildings in the city were hundreds of miles of sidewalk were wooden the beautiful city became deadly on the evening of October that night, someone was careless. the fire started is still , however, whole city blocks were waterworks soon caught fire; without water, the firefighters were fire burned for more than a full blaze had caused about $200,000 in the fire, about 100,000 people were people had lost everything they people of Chicago were new Chicago they built was even better than the old McDougal Littell , USAGE, ANDMECHANICSBOOKL esson2 Predicate AdjectivesTeachingNameDateCHAPTER 5 PDF Created with deskPDF PDF Writer - Trial :: Identifying Predicate Adjectives and the Words They ModifyUnderline the Predicate adjective in each of the following sentences.

2 Write theword it modifies on the line to the forest appeared silver in the felt uncomfortable on the first day of we approach, the volcano seems woods smell fresh in voice on the phone sounded quite weather has turned cold this timbers of the old barn have become this rain, the path seems even longer than t this room cozy? smells so delicious?_____B. Writing Predicate AdjectivesComplete each sentence with a Predicate adjective. Write the Predicate adjectiveon the Great Chicago fire must have been felt _____when they saw the flames near their fire department was _____trying to get to all the calls. flames were extremely _____. air smelled the fire, people felt _____with whoever had started was _____to see all the burned-out could have been _____enough to set a whole city on fire? damage caused by the fire was , owing to a great deal of effort, Chicago s recovery was McDougal Littell , USAGE, ANDMECHANICSBOOK107 Lesson2 Predicate AdjectivesMore PracticeNameDateCHAPTER 5 PDF Created with deskPDF PDF Writer - Trial :: Writing Predicate Adjectives in SentencesUse the word at the beginning of each item as a Predicate adjective in a are _____B.

3 Writing a Paragraph Using Predicate Adjectives Suppose you had been in Chicago in 1871 when the Great Fire broke out. Whatmight you have seen? How would you have felt? Write a short paragraph aboutyour imagined experiences. Use at least four Predicate Adjectives in yourdescription. Use a verb other than a form of bein at least two of the the Predicate Adjectives in your McDougal Littell , USAGE, ANDMECHANICSBOOKL esson2 Predicate AdjectivesApplicationNameDateCHAPTER 5 PDF Created with deskPDF PDF Writer - Trial.