The "sense" verbs (e.g., to feel, to look, to smell, to taste, to sound). The verb to be (in its various forms, e.g., am, are, is, was, were, will be, has been, have been). The trick to identifying predicate adjectives is spotting linking verbs. (In both cases, the linking verb is "is.") What can you say about a society which says that God is dead, and Elvis is alive?. If you look good, you don't need a purpose in life. Everything is funny as long as it is happening to somebody else. In these examples, the predicate adjective is shaded and the subject being modified is in bold. 
Predicate Adjectives versus Predicate NominativesĪ predicate adjective contrasts with an attributive adjective, which typically sits immediately before the noun it modifies.īelow are some examples of predicate adjectives. 
Real-life Examples of Predicate Adjectives.
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