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AdjectivesYour sentences would be very short and dull
with only nouns and pronouns.The girls watched movies
The teenage girls avidly watched the classic movies yesterday.
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• Adjectives modify the meanings of nouns and pronouns
• What is your favorite movie like?– Is it long, short, happy, interesting, or scary?– These are all possible adjectives that make the
word movie more precise
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To find an adjective find the noun then ask yourself:
• What kind?– The silent crowd watched the film–Do you like scary movies?
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• Which one(s)?–That role was written for the actress.– I like the funny parts.
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• How many?–Thirty people stood in line to buy a ticket.– I have seen the movie many times.
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• How much?–He deserves much praise for his
performance.– Few seats in the theater were empty.
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Adjectives can modify different nouns or pronouns, or they can modify the same noun or
pronoun• Different nouns– Mandy wore a red vest with a white shirt. – The Big dog played with the small dog
• The same noun– The vest had big blue buttons– The small white cat was playful.
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Using punctuation with two adjectives
• At times there will be two adjectives before the noun they describe
• If they are not connected by a conjunction, such as and or or, there might need to be a comma between them
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To decide if a comma is needed read the adjectives with the word and between them
• If the adjectives make sense use a comma to replace and– The soft, furry vest is on the hanger.
• If the adjectives do not make sense with the word and between them do not add a comma– The red corduroy vest is in the drawer.
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• An adjective usually comes before the noun or pronoun it modifies
• It can also follow a noun, pronoun, or linking verb• Before a noun– She wore the latest fashion.
• After a noun– His shirt, big and baggy, hung down to his knees.
• After a linking verb– Ron looks quite handsome today.
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Proper Adjectives- An adjective that is formed from a proper noun. Proper adjectives also begin
with a capital letter.
• Some proper adjectives keep the same form as the proper noun, others change form
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Proper Noun Proper Adjective Keeps Same Form
New York
Monday
Thanksgiving
New York restaurant
Monday dinner
Thanksgiving holiday
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Proper Noun Proper Adjective Changes Form
Greece
France
Mexico
Greek salad
French bread
Mexican fiesta
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• Just like compound nouns, compound adjectives are made up of two or more words
• Rooftop café• Faraway lands
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Articles
• A, an, and the form a group of adjectives called articles
• A comes before a word that begins with consonant sounds
• An comes before a word that begins with vowel sounds– A new theater showed an old movie.
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Adjective or Noun?
• The same word can be an adjective in one sentence and a noun in another sentence.
– I hope to finish my school assignment before dinner.– I left my English book at school.– While setting the table, I broke a dinner plate.– My father other cooks dinner.
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Adjective or Pronoun?
• A word is an adjective when it modifies a noun and a pronoun when it stands alone.–I have been to this camp before.–Do you like this?