Question

Which of the following sentences contains an italicized word that's used as a predicate adjective?

A. Jerry looks at the map.
B. Jerry looks ill today.
C. Jerry looks disdainfully at the pile of laundry.
D. Jerry looks into the microscope.

Answer 1

A predicate adjective is the first adjective found after a linking verb such as to be, or to look, or to smell, etc. So, in this case, the only sentence where there is an adjective following a linking verb (looks) is B. Jerry looks ill today. Here, the predicate adjective is the word ill. There are no adjectives in the remaining sentences: at the map and into the microscope are prepositional phrases, and disdainfully is an adverb.