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Adjectives, another part of speech, give us a great deal of terminology. I
will share it with you, but all that is really important is that adjectives
modify or affect the meaning of
nouns and
pronouns and tell us
which, whose,
what kind, and
how many about the nouns or pronouns they modify. They
generally come before the noun or pronoun they modify, but there are exceptions
to that rule. How and why they are different will be explained in later lessons.
They still tell us
which, whose, what kind, and
how many.
There are seven (7) words in the English language that are always adjectives.
They are the articles a, an, and the and the possessives my,
our, your, and their. (The possessives are from the possessive
pronoun list but are always used with nouns as adjectives.) Being only seven in
number, one should memorize them so they are immediately recognized as
adjectives.
Examples:
The neighbor girl likes chocolate ice cream.
Mr. Johanson is tall, dark, and handsome.
Some authorities like to distinguish between what they call true
adjectives and determiners, but both still just tell which, whose,
what kind, and how many. Those words are the key to adjectives and
should be memorized to make adjectives easy.
Instructions: Pick out the adjectives in the following sentences.
1. The heavy, red dress of Queen Elizabeth weighed over fifty pounds.
2. My sister chose two shirts for my graduation present.
3. That small Mexican restaurant in the next block serves fresh meals.
4. The little black dog barked at the well-dressed stranger.
5. An old wood fence had caught several discarded candy wrappers.
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Answers:
1. The heavy, red dress of Queen Elizabeth weighed over fifty pounds.
2. My sister chose two shirts for my graduation present.
3. That small Mexican restaurant in the next block serves fresh meals.
4. The little black dog barked at the well-dressed stranger.
5. An old wood fence had caught several discarded candy wrappers.
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