INTRODUCTION 3 1. PREDICATIVE CONSTRUCTIONS IN MODERN ENGLISH 5 1.1 Characteristics of predicative constructions 5 1.2 Types and functions of predicative constructions 9 2. PREDICATIVE CONSTRUCTIONS 12 2.1 Characteristics of predicative constructions in a sentence 12 2.2 Role of predicative constructions in a sentence 16 2.3 Features of the use of predicative constructions in modern English 22 CONCLUSION 24 BIBLIOGRAPHY 25