A Predicate Attribute Of An Object is a word that represents the effect of the act expressed in the predicate upon that which the object represents.

Sometimes a predicate attribute of the object is also a part of the predicate attribute of the subject. For example, the word pure, Sentence 4, helps to express the act of making pure. It is therefore a part of the predicate attribute. It also shows the effect of that act, and is the predicate attribute of the object.

Exercise 47

Describe the predicate attributes of the object.

Models

The hunter rubbed the antlers smooth. The word smooth shows the effect of the rubbing on the antlers.

Sickness made the child irritable.

The word irritable shows the effect of the making irritable on the child.

1. The Republicans chose Roosevelt president.

2. They painted the fence white.

3. The boys made the dog angry.

4. She set the matter straight.

5. The girl rubbed the spoons bright.

6. The president appointed Mr. Brown chairman of the committee.

7. The president made Mr. Brown chairman of the committee.

8. She kept the child busy.

9. We have named the baby Mabel. 10. This coat will keep you warm.

Exercise 48

Select the subjects and the parts of the predicate. Include only the essential or basal elements. A table similar to that suggested in Exercise 7 may be made, but the predicate attribute section must now be divided into three parts.

1. The hunter shot the bear dead.

2. Have you apples for sale?

3. I have made a beautiful garden.

4. I have made the garden beautiful.

5. The days are growing short.

6. The boy was reproved by his father.

7. Did you make the soil of your seed bed fine?

8. We are reading the Vision of Sir Launfal.

9. Mr. White has recently become a Republican.

10. The fancier kept his white fowls white.

11. Mr. Brown is in poor health.

12. Mr. Brown needs medicine.

13. The legislature made the law.

14. The officers made the law respected.

15. There is a bluebird.

16. Elizabeth made Raleigh a knight.

17. There is a large crop of corn.

18. The right kind of tools makes tedious jobs easier.

19. She left the room very angry.

20. What made you so tired?

21. She will become a good nurse.

22. Beat the white of the egg light and dry.

23. The water turns the wheel.

24. The water in the pond turns green in summer.

25. The society will choose James secretary.

26. The perfumery smells sweet.

27. The audience smelled smoke.