Adjectives

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Adjectives

• a word used to describe (modify) a noun or
  pronoun

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Just listen dont copy.

• Examples of adjectives describing nouns
• busy dentist
• happy student
• several days

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Articles are Adjectives

• Articles a, an, the
• (Dont write examples.)
• The pretty retriever and a fluffy pink poodle
  played together in the park.
• An orange is a good source of vitamin C.
• This is an honor.

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Identify the Adjective(s)

• On winter afternoons, I slowly walk home.
• winter adjective modifying afternoons
• slowly adverb (describes how I walk)
• At last, I reached my peaceful home.
• peaceful adjective modifying home

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Identify the Adjectives

• The wet sidewalk glistens in the bright lights.
• wet adjective modifying sidewalk
• bright adjective modifying lights
• the adjective/article modifying
  sidewalk/lights
• glisten verbit is what the sidewalk is doing

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Fill in Handout

• Now complete Exercise 7, p. 36
• Ad describes
• Adjective describes nouns
• Should be called adnouns.?