ME Grammar Noun, pronoun, adjective. Noun Case Case Gender Gender Declension Declension.
Adjective a word that is used to modify a noun or a pronoun What Kind?: gentle dog, Irish town,...
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Adjective a word that is used to modify a noun or a pronoun
What Kind?: gentle dog, Irish town, scary movie Which One?: sixth grade, these books, other
people How Many or Much?: two tickets, full pitcher, no
work
Ex: › The dog is gentle.› The sea, blue and sparkling, stretched out
before us invitingly.
Articles special adjectives that modify nouns
Ex: a, an, the
Ex:Jennifer saw a brown fox in the bushes.We are going to the movies after
school.Are you going to be an animal for
Halloween?
Proper Adjectives: formed from a proper noun and begin with a capital letter
Proper Nouns: Proper Adjectives:
Japan Japanese islands Easter Easter Sunday Queen Victoria Victorian drama Sioux Sioux customs
I have a free ticket for the last game. I have a free ticket for the last game.
A shiny coin stared up at me from the icy sidewalk. A shiny coin stared up at me from the icy
sidewalk.
Three colorful birds perched in the tall, green trees.
Three colorful birds perched in the tall, green trees.
The Egyptian mummies are on display on the first floor.
The Egyptian mummies are on display on the first floor.
This, that, these, and those can be both as adjectives and as pronouns.
When they modify nouns or pronouns, they are called Demonstrative Adjectives
Ex: Adjective: What are these skates doing in
the kitchen? Pronoun: What are these doing in the
kitchen?
Adjective: I prefer that brand of frozen yogurt.
Pronoun: I prefer that.
That is the strangest hot-air balloon I’ve ever seen!
Demonstrative pronoun Will those squirrels find enough to eat
during the winter? Demonstrative adjective These are the only shoes I can find that
will fit. Demonstrative pronoun My dog, Manda, has been chewing on this
piece of bone for three weeks. Demonstrative adjective According to the guidebook, those are the
largest trees in North America. Demonstrative pronoun
Directions: Identify all of the nouns, [pronouns], and ADJECTIVES in each of the following sentences. Do not include a, an, or the.
The brown building in the photograph contains several individual homes.
The BROWN building in the photograph contains SEVERAL INDIVIDUAL homes.
The blue book needs to have its cover repaired.
The BLUE book needs to have [its] cover repaired.
She is going to name her son Steve.[She] is going to name [her] son Steve.