Proper Nouns Transformed Into Proper Adjectives

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Proper Nouns Transformed Into Proper Adjectives

• Created by Ms. Payne
• North Middle School

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Quick Re-Cap

• Adjectives are describing words.
• They are words that tell us more about a noun.

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• My brother bought me some Wisconsin cheese.
• Notice the adjective, Wisconsin, is capitalized.

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HINT

• Sometimes you can change the ending of a proper
  noun to make a proper adjective.
• Use these endings
• -an
• -ian
• -ish
• -ese

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EXAMPLE

• Proper Noun America
• Proper Adjective American