SoSe15: Term paper project: Predicative and Attributive Adjectives: Difference between revisions

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|| The adjective former can be used only in attributive position because it is related to its adverb (formerly)
|| The adjective former can be used only in attributive position because it is related to its adverb (formerly)
-+ Joey feels faint
-+ Joey feels faint
|| Faint describes a health status and therefore it is a predicative adjective
|| Faint is a health adjective (such as ill and well). These groups of adjectives can only occur predicative.
-+ Chandler was very hungry after work
-+ Chandler was very hungry after work
|| Predicative adjectives come after a verb
|| Predicative adjectives come after a verb

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Participants

  • Ekram Aghdoube
  • Hana Hashi

Short description of the project

Produced material

Task 1

Look at the following sentences and decide, whether the adjectives are used attributively or predicatively.


attributive predicative
Phoebe is pregnant with twins
Rachel is a former waitress
Joey feels faint
Chandler was very hungry after work
Monica wears a summer dress
Ross buys a 30-inch-long monkey






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