Answer:
B. The lovely young ballet company
Explanation:
I will be completly honest! I am horrible at predicates so I looked it up and here is an example off the internet.
Here's an example. In the sentence "The wall is purple," the subject is "wall," the predicate adjective is "purple" and the linking verb is "is." So, it's subject, verb, and predicate adjective.
pred·i·cate
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nounGRAMMAR
/ˈpredəkət/
the part of a sentence or clause containing a verb and stating something about the subject (e.g., went home in John went home ).
"predicate adjective"
verb
/ˈpredəˌkāt/
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state, affirm, or assert (something) about the subject of a sentence or an argument of a proposition.
"a word that predicates something about its subject"
A metaphor for courage might be describing someone as having "the heart of a lion". He does not actually have the heart of a lion, it's a metaphor to show that he is courageous.
The correct answer is C. Self-conscious with a spikey haircut, the student looked at the floor while her teacher talked.
Explanation:
Words such as "self-conscious" or " with a spikey haircut" are modifiers because they describe a noun, in this case, the student. Moreover, these modifiers should be placed right before the noun describe to make clear which is the person or object described. Otherwise, the meaning would be unclear and even confusing. For example, in "looked at the floor with a spikey haircut" it is suggested the one with the haircut is the floor, which is illogical. In this context, the best option is C because in this, the modifiers are placed right before the word "student" and this clarifies the one that is self-conscious and has a spikey haircut is the student.
