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1.	The table below contains a list of nouns and some adjectives. Use as many adjectives as you can to describe each noun. You might come up with some funny descriptions!Nouns Adjectives elephant circular, striped, enormours,multicoloured, round, cheerful,wild, blue, red, chubby,large, medium-sized, cold face building waterAnswer:
Answer» Answer: The attributive adjectives are printed in red and the predicative adjectives in green. Explanation: The young boy had never seen such a lovely house, with its colourful quaint windows and picturesque setting, shaded by ancient oaks and beeches. It was small and crooked, quite different to the manor-house in the distance with its stately towers and lofty battlements. To him, however, it looked comfortable and homely. He stood and stared, silent and respectful. Immersed in his own magical dream-world, he did not notice the slight, lone figure appear in the DARK porch. As the old woman hobbled down the gloomy path, he was in a magical place, lost in dreams of full tables and warm beds. It was only the cold touch of an ancient hand that brought him back. And he fled, fearful. Wakened from a happy world to grim reality, he imagined the feeble owner of that cottage a cruel witch, yearning for his fresh young bones. Advertisements REPORT THIS AD Share this: TwitterFacebook Leave a Reply Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked * Comment Name* Email* Website Notify me of new comments via email. Notify me of new posts via email. Richard on November 19, 2015 at 1:05 pm If I wrote… “The young boy jumped on the happy horse” young (adj) boy(noun) jumped(verb) happy(adj) horse(noun) …I think “young” is before “boy” so it’s att attributive “happy” is after the verb “jumped” but before the noun “horse” so how is it affected? Is “happy” also attributive as it’s before it’s noun or predicative as it follows a verb? help! Reply sarathorne6 on November 19, 2015 at 1:41 pm Hi Richard, Your identification of adjectives, nouns and verbs is spot on, and you’re right that “young” is an attributive ADJECTIVE linked to “boy”. Although the second adjective “happy” comes after the verb, it is linked to a new noun – this makes it (as you suggest) another attributive adjective. An adjective is only predicative if it is referring back to the noun in front of the verb: for example, the young boy was happy. In this sentence, the adjective following the verb is not linked to a new noun, but to the noun phrase “the young boy” which comes before the verb. Does this make sense? It’s all about working out SEMANTICALLY linked groups of words. In your sentence, it is the horse that is “happy” rather than the “boy”! Hope that helps … Reply Evelina on September 15, 2016 at 7:55 pm Hello, in this case ‘shaded’ is not an attributive adjective? Reply sarathorne6 on September 16, 2016 at 8:53 am Hi Evelina, ‘shaded’ is not an attributive adjective. Here the past participle ‘shaded’ is at the front of a non-finite clause. Although it is certainly adding to the description, it is not functioning as an adjective. It is an example of post-modification (‘a lovely house … shaded by ancient oaks …’): the head noun ‘house’ is premodified by the adjective ‘lovely’ and post-modified by the non-finite clause ‘shaded by ancient oaks’. Attributive adjectives always come before a noun in a noun phrase. If the description had been “the shaded house”, ‘shaded’ would have been an attributive adjective. If noun phrases or any of the terms used here are new to you, you could LOOK at the post from 24 Feb 2015 called ‘Should I watch it? – Tell me in a (noun) phrase…’Hope that helps – if not get back to me! Reply Neha on September 20, 2020 at 7:18 am In these sentences show which is predicative adjective and which is attributive adjective 1There was heavy damage to buildings in that area. 2 Gauri called several times. 3 Mani was absent LAST week. 4 the children were excited about the picnic. 5 Kolkata is a large City. 6 the wise man waited patiently 7 the first prize was taken by a young child 8 the last train leaves at 11:30 p.m. 9 some dreams often seem real 10 this book is a good read Reply Search Recent Posts 2016 ‘Word of the Year’ Samuel Johnson’s 308th birthday! Word Class Wars: pronouns vs Determiners The Un-Latin Nature of Present Day English Shakespeare as you’ve never heard him before Archives September 2017 March 2017 February 2016 April 2015 February 2015 July 2014 March 2014 October 2013 September 2013 July 2013 June 2013 May 2013 April 2013 March 2013 February 2013 September 2012 Categories Adjectives Connotations English usage Gothic History of language Phrases Poetry Text analysis Uncategorized Usage Words Meta Register Log in Entries feed Comments feed WordPress.com Blogroll Discuss Get Inspired Get Polling Get Support Learn WordPress.com Theme Showcase WordPress Planet WordPress.com News View Full Site Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com. Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use. To find out more, including how to control cookies, see

The table below contains a list of nouns and some adjectives. Use as many adjectives as you can to describe each noun. You might come up with some funny descriptions!Nouns Adjectives elephant circular, striped, enormours,multicoloured, round, cheerful,wild, blue, red, chubby,large, medium-sized, cold face building waterAnswer:

Answer»

Answer:

The attributive adjectives are printed in red and the predicative adjectives in green.

Explanation:

The young boy had never seen such a lovely house, with its colourful quaint windows and picturesque setting, shaded by ancient oaks and beeches. It was small and crooked, quite different to the manor-house in the distance with its stately towers and lofty battlements. To him, however, it looked comfortable and homely. He stood and stared, silent and respectful. Immersed in his own magical dream-world, he did not notice the slight, lone figure appear in the DARK porch. As the old woman hobbled down the gloomy path, he was in a magical place, lost in dreams of full tables and warm beds. It was only the cold touch of an ancient hand that brought him back. And he fled, fearful. Wakened from a happy world to grim reality, he imagined the feeble owner of that cottage a cruel witch, yearning for his fresh young bones.

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Richard on November 19, 2015 at 1:05 pm

If I wrote… “The young boy jumped on the happy horse”

young (adj) boy(noun) jumped(verb) happy(adj) horse(noun) …I think

“young” is before “boy” so it’s att attributive

“happy” is after the verb “jumped” but before the noun “horse” so how is it affected? Is “happy” also attributive as it’s before it’s noun or predicative as it follows a verb?

help!

sarathorne6 on November 19, 2015 at 1:41 pm

Hi Richard,

Your identification of adjectives, nouns and verbs is spot on, and you’re right that “young” is an attributive ADJECTIVE linked to “boy”. Although the second adjective “happy” comes after the verb, it is linked to a new noun – this makes it (as you suggest) another attributive adjective. An adjective is only predicative if it is referring back to the noun in front of the verb: for example, the young boy was happy. In this sentence, the adjective following the verb is not linked to a new noun, but to the noun phrase “the young boy” which comes before the verb. Does this make sense? It’s all about working out SEMANTICALLY linked groups of words. In your sentence, it is the horse that is “happy” rather than the “boy”! Hope that helps …

Evelina on September 15, 2016 at 7:55 pm

Hello, in this case ‘shaded’ is not an attributive adjective?

sarathorne6 on September 16, 2016 at 8:53 am

Hi Evelina, ‘shaded’ is not an attributive adjective. Here the past participle ‘shaded’ is at the front of a non-finite clause. Although it is certainly adding to the description, it is not functioning as an adjective. It is an example of post-modification (‘a lovely house … shaded by ancient oaks …’): the head noun ‘house’ is premodified by the adjective ‘lovely’ and post-modified by the non-finite clause ‘shaded by ancient oaks’. Attributive adjectives always come before a noun in a noun phrase. If the description had been “the shaded house”, ‘shaded’ would have been an attributive adjective. If noun phrases or any of the terms used here are new to you, you could LOOK at the post from 24 Feb 2015 called ‘Should I watch it? – Tell me in a (noun) phrase…’Hope that helps – if not get back to me!

Neha on September 20, 2020 at 7:18 am

In these sentences show which is predicative adjective and which is attributive adjective

1There was heavy damage to buildings in that area.

2 Gauri called several times.

3 Mani was absent LAST week.

4 the children were excited about the picnic.

5 Kolkata is a large City.

6 the wise man waited patiently

7 the first prize was taken by a young child

8 the last train leaves at 11:30 p.m.

9 some dreams often seem real

10 this book is a good read

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