HollyDay Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 Peter was most dreadfully frightened. Subj - Peter Verb - was adv - most, dredfully Predicate Adjective - frightened OR Subj - Peter Verb phrase - was frightened adv - most, dreadfully Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophia Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 When I get stuck I substitute a word. Peter was most dreadfully thin demonstrates thin is an adjective, hence frightened is also a predicate adjective. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milseain Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie in GA Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 for example, "Peter was frightened by a screech owl." :eek: In that case, Peter would be a passive subject, and "was frightened" would be the verb phrase showing the action that the owl took upon Peter. Does that make sense? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcconnellboys Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 Okay, well I'm confused.... How can most and dreadfully be modifying the word "was"? Was most? Was dreadfully? I thought they modified frightened, telling how frightened...... Regena Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmoira Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 Okay, well I'm confused.... How can most and dreadfully be modifying the word "was"? Was most? Was dreadfully? I thought they modified frightened, telling how frightened......They do modify frightened; adverbs modify adjectives, adverbs and verbs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcconnellboys Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 Oh, duh, of course they do, LOL! I need to go to bed, Regena Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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