Question

Choose a suitable predicative adjective in the given sentence.
My mother is and my father is Indian.
a) My mother Italian is and my father is Indian.
b) My mother is Italian and my father is Indian.
c) My Italian mother is and my father is Indian.
d) None of the above

Answer 1

Hint: An adjective is a word that expresses an attribute of something. It is the word class that qualifies nouns.

Complete answer:
To solve the given question, we need to first understand what a predicative adjective is. A predicative adjective is (grammar) an adjective that is not part of the noun clause it modifies but is linked to it with a copula.
For example- ‘Complicated’ is a predicative adjective in the sentence ‘Grammar is complicated.’
Let us thus analyze the options given to us in this question:
Option (a.), ' My mother Italian is and my father is Indian', is incorrect as the predicative adjective is placed after the linking verb, which is placed after the noun.
Option (b.), ‘My mother is Italian and my father is Indian ', is correct as the predicative adjective is placed correctly in the sentence.
Option (c.), ‘My Italian mother is and my father is Indian', is incorrect as the clause "My Italian mother is" is grammatically incomplete.
Option (d.), ‘None of the above', is incorrect as an option (b.) is correct.

Note:
In this question, it will be helpful for the student to recall what a copula is. A copula is an equating verb (such as `be' or `become') that links the subject with the complement of a sentence.