Educational worksheet on attributive and predicative adjectives with festive holiday 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.

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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 form) → predicative

10. Sarah doesn’t like going out alone at night.
→ “alone” describes Sarah, but it comes after the verb phrase — actually, “alone” here is an adverb? Wait — no, in this context, “alone” is describing how she goes out — but grammatically, it’s functioning as a predicative adjective because it follows the implied state of being. Actually, let’s think: “going out alone” — “alone” modifies “Sarah” indirectly. But standard grammar says “alone” here is predicative because it describes the subject’s state during the action. → predicative

Wait — correction: In “going out alone”, “alone” is an adverb modifying “going”. BUT — in many school curricula, especially at this level, “alone” is treated as a predicative adjective when it describes the person’s state. Let me check common usage: Actually, “alone” can be both. Here, since it’s not directly before a noun, and it’s describing Sarah’s condition while going out, we’ll treat it as predicative.

But wait — looking at standard answers for similar worksheets: “alone” in this context is often marked as predicative because it describes the subject’s state.

Actually, let’s double-check with reliable sources: In “She went out alone”, “alone” is an adverb. But in “She is alone”, it’s an adjective. So in #10, “going out alone” — “alone” is an adverb. Hmm… but the worksheet has it underlined as an adjective. Maybe they’re treating it as predicative adjective? This is tricky.

Looking at other items: #11 “don’t look alike” — “alike” is also often considered an adverb, but again, in school grammar, sometimes treated as predicative adjective.

To stay consistent with typical middle-school grammar worksheets:

We’ll follow the pattern: If the word comes after a verb that links to the subject’s state, even if it’s part of a phrasal verb, we call it predicative.

So for #10: “going out alone” — “alone” describes Sarah → predicative

Similarly, #11: “don’t look alike” — “alike” describes “my sister and I” → predicative

#12: “kept the baby alive” — “alive” comes after “kept” (which is a causative verb, but “alive” describes the baby) → predicative

#13: “looked astonished” — “astonished” after “looked” → predicative

#14: “favourite movies” — “favourite” before “movies” → attributive

#15: “sad news” — “sad” before “news” → attributive

#16: “strange thing” — “strange” before “thing” → attributive

#17: “felt nervous” — “nervous” after “felt” → predicative

#18: “nasty taste” — “nasty” before “taste” → attributive

#19: “smells delicious” — “delicious” after “smells” → predicative

#20: “tastes sweet” — “sweet” after “tastes” → predicative

Now let’s list them all clearly:

1. extraordinary → attributive
2. absurd → predicative
3. green → predicative
4. believable → predicative
5. brilliant → attributive
6. cheap → attributive
7. comic, tragic → predicative
8. cracked → attributive
9. afraid → predicative
10. alone → predicative
11. alike → predicative
12. alive → predicative
13. astonished → predicative
14. favourite → attributive
15. sad → attributive
16. strange → attributive
17. nervous → predicative
18. nasty → attributive
19. delicious → predicative
20. sweet → predicative

I’ve checked each one carefully against the rules. Some edge cases like “alone” and “alike” are commonly taught as predicative adjectives in school settings when they describe the subject’s state after a verb.

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