In the sentence Dave likes cats, the subject is Dave and the predicate is likes cats.

The predicate, also very simply put, tells us what the subject is doing or experiencing and usually consists of a verb or a verb phrase and possibly a direct object, subject complement, and/or other modifiers. The subject, very simply put, tells us who or what is doing or experiencing something and is usually a noun, noun phrase, or pronoun. Sentences and clauses are made of two major parts: the subject and the predicate. We have a special name for these moody modifiers that want “me” time: predicate adjectives.Ī predicate adjective, sometimes called a predicative adjective, is an adjective that is used in the predicate of a sentence.

Sometimes, adjectives want some space from the words they modify and so they drift toward the end of the sentence. But that’s not the only way we can use adjectives. We place them in front of nouns and pronouns when we want to describe them. We use lots of different types of adjectives, but most of them are used in the same way. We often use adjectives to spice up our sentences: while a tree may not be very interesting, everyone wants to hear about the gigantic, magical tree.

What is a predicate noun