Which word or phrase in the following sentence is a predicate adjective?
This Mexican recipe Carlos taught me is very easy to make.

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A predicate adjective is an adjective that follows a linking verb and helps to modify or describe the subject.
A linking verb describes the subject's state of being or condition. It is not an action verb. One way to think of a linking verb is that it is a verb you could replace with "is" and still have the sentence make sense.
Examples of linking verbs:
He is an electrician.
Dinner smells good.
She appears tired.
Not linking verbs:
He smells the salt in the ocean air.
she appeared out of nowhere.
In "This Mexican recipe Carlos taught me is very easy to make," "very easy to make" is an adjective phrase that describes the subject (The Mexican recipe) and follows a linking verb "is."
"is very easy to make" is not the best answer because it includes the linking verb "is," which makes it the complete preterite and not the preterite adjective
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Which Word or Phrase in the Following Sentence Is a Predicate