Educational worksheet teaching the difference between attributive and predicative adjectives, featuring festive decorations.

Let’s go through each sentence one by one. We need to find the adjective (already underlined in the image) and decide if it’s attributive or predicative.

Remember:
- Attributive adjectives come *before* the noun they describe.
- Predicative adjectives come *after* a linking verb (like “is”, “was”, “seems”, “looks”, “feels”, etc.) and describe the subject.

Now let’s solve each:

1. William was a man of extraordinary abilities.
→ “extraordinary” comes before “abilities” → attributive

2. That costume makes the children look absurd.
→ “absurd” comes after “look” (linking verb) → predicative

3. Our employees are still very green.
→ “green” comes after “are” (linking verb) → predicative

4. Kate’s explanation certainly sounded believable.
→ “believable” comes after “sounded” (linking verb) → predicative

5. What a brilliant idea!
→ “brilliant” comes before “idea” → attributive

6. Cycling is a cheap way to get around.
→ “cheap” comes before “way” → attributive

7. The play is both comic and tragic.
→ Both come after “is” → predicative

8. Peter suffered cracked ribs.
→ “cracked” comes before “ribs” → attributive

9. There’s nothing to be afraid of now.
→ “afraid” comes after “be” (linking verb structure) → predicative

10. Sarah doesn’t like going out alone at night.
→ “alone” describes Sarah, comes after verb phrase → predicative

11. My sister and I don’t look alike.
→ “alike” comes after “look” → predicative

12. Doctors kept the baby alive for five weeks.
→ “alive” comes after “kept” (which acts as a linking verb here) → predicative

13. My parents looked astonished at my news.
→ “astonished” comes after “looked” → predicative

14. ‘John Q’ is one of my favourite movies.
→ “favourite” comes before “movies” → attributive

15. We had some sad news yesterday.
→ “sad” comes before “news” → attributive

16. A strange thing happened this morning.
→ “strange” comes before “thing” → attributive

17. Nady felt nervous before the interview.
→ “nervous” comes after “felt” → predicative

18. This coffee has a nasty taste.
→ “nasty” comes before “taste” → attributive

19. Breakfast smells delicious.
→ “delicious” comes after “smells” → predicative

20. This drink tastes sweet.
→ “sweet” comes after “tastes” → predicative

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Final Answer:
1. attributive
2. predicative
3. predicative
4. predicative
5. attributive
6. attributive
7. predicative
8. attributive
9. predicative
10. predicative
11. predicative
12. predicative
13. predicative
14. attributive
15. attributive
16. attributive
17. predicative
18. attributive
19. predicative
20. predicative