Adjectives

Question 1

occurring before the noun

Answer 1

prenominal

Question 2

occurring after the noun

Answer 2

postnominal

Question 3

phrases that describe nouns

Answer 3

modifiers

Question 4

adjectives can _____ in (potential long) strings

Answer 4

iterate

Question 5

order of adjectives

Answer 5

value/opinion, size, age/temperature, shape, color, origin, material

Question 6

adjectives derived from proper names

Answer 6

eponymous

Question 7

adjectives formed from present participles, affixed with -ing, or affixed with -ed

Answer 7

participial

Question 8

adjectives that can be modified by degree words

Answer 8

gradable

Question 9

the grammatical roles that phrases play in the sentence

Answer 9

grammatical function

Question 10

part of the verb phrase, rather than part of the noun phrase

Answer 10

predicate position/adjective

Question 11

verbs that do not express action but connect the subject noun phrase to a phrase that describes it

Answer 11

linking verbs

Question 12

linking verbs such as: remain, seem, appear, grow, be, become

Answer 12

sense verbs

Question 13

complements of linking verbs; they form a predicate that describes the subject

Answer 13

subjective complements