1) How many U.S. presidents can you name? (2) In the year 2000, U.S. citizens elected the 43rd president. (3) Some presidents were elected more than once. (4) Franklin Roosevelt, for example, was elected to four terms in office. (5) Many citizens would have given him their vote again, because he was so popular.
Question
Use the passage to answer the question.
In sentence 2, the underlined word is a(n)
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Responses
predicate.
direct object.
indirect object.
The underlined word in sentence 2, "elected," is a predicate.
predicate.
To answer the question, we need to identify the underlined word in sentence 2. Let's refer to the given passage:
"In the year 2000, U.S. citizens elected the 43rd president."
Now, let's examine the underlined word: "43rd." This word is describing the president in question by indicating his numerical order among the presidents. In sentence 2, the underlined word "43rd" is acting as an adjective, providing additional information about the noun "president." Therefore, the correct answer is:
Predicate.