20 Examples of Attributive Sentences

Attributive Sentences

The attributive sentences They are those that present a copulative verb, that is, that requires the presence of an attribute to complete its meaning. For example: Dinner thisready.

Some attributive verbs They are: to be,to be (with all its conjugations). These two verbs always require an attribute to succeed them. However, there are verbs whose copulative character is relative since they will require the presence of an attribute only in certain cases. These verbs are known as pseudocopulatives and they are: result, continue, follow, resemble, lie, remain, stay, put on, become, become, among others.

So, attributive sentences include a copulative verb and also an attribute, so that the central function of the predicate is moved to that attribute (rather than to verb).

Attributive sentences are completed with complements that can be made up of:

The copulative verbs are opposed to the predicative verbs, which are those that express complete actions in themselves, without demanding the inclusion of any additional construction to acquire meaning. Sentences made with these kinds of verbs are known as predicative sentences.

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Examples of attributive sentences

In the following list with twenty attributive sentences to moAs an example, the copulative verb and underlined the attributive structure, and the type of attribute is clarified in parentheses:

1. Our son it isPresident candidate. (nominal construction)
2. Since last night that I'm shaking. (gerund)
3. Go find your cousin who this in tears. (gerund)
4. Each it is How is it. (circumstantial mode)
5. When he returned from that trip, my son made musician. (noun)
6. You must understand Mario, him it is So. (adverb of manner)
7. Peter this tired of his work. (adjective)
8. The room this too messy. (adjective construction)
9. Participate in the championship now it is to win. (infinitive)
10. My grandfather It was basketball player in the most important club in the country. (substantive construction)
11. To travel it is grow up. (infinitive)
12. The street It seems peaceful. (adjective)
13. What the lawyer said It seems fake. (adjective)
14. My friend it is student at university, I do not itI am. (noun / pronoun construction)
15. The boy he stayed satisfied with the result. (adjective)
16. That woman it isspecial. (adjective)
17. It seems like the sun this coming out. (gerund)
18. My parents is it so as if they haven't known each other for so many years. (circumstantial complement of mode)
19. I'mstarting a course on art history. (gerund)
20. The cause It was by diversion of public funds. (substantive construction)