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Adventures in Adjectives

Adventures in Adjectives. *Again, we really didn’t hurt any hamsters. In fact, stunt rodents were used where needed. Definition. Mommy!. An adjective is a word that describes a noun or pronoun . Most adjectives can be found directly before the noun or pronoun they describe.

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Adventures in Adjectives

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  1. Adventures in Adjectives *Again, we really didn’t hurt any hamsters. In fact, stunt rodents were used where needed.

  2. Definition Mommy! • An adjective is a word that describes a noun or pronoun. Most adjectives can be found directly before the noun or pronoun they describe. • Ex. “The frightened gerbil didn’t want to drive the dangerous dragster, but its mommy insisted.” • *Even though its is a possessive pronoun, here it is acting like an adjective, describing a noun.

  3. Articles • Articles are the easiest adjectives to find, because there are only three of them: a, an, and the. • Ex. Asamurai hamster and an angry ninja aardvark prepared for thebattle of thecentury. yellow=article red=adjective VS.

  4. Most adjectives… • come before the word they modify in a sentence. • Ex. The little, red wagon sped down the dangerous path towards the pond of certain doom. Save me! red=adjectives yellow=articles

  5. Some adjectives… • come after a linking verb, connecting them back to the subject. These are called predicate adjectives. • Ex. The very belligerent hamsterwas angry and ready to declare war on the gerbils. Linking Verb So, who here has a driver’s license?

  6. While other adjectives… • are made from proper nouns, making them proper adjectives. These must also be capitalized. • Ex. The French hamster was known for his romantic and suave ways. *Even though his is a possessive pronoun, here it is acting like an adjective, describing a noun. Wuv, twuewuv! He’s so smooth!

  7. Advanced Adjectives • Participles are verbals, or verb forms, that act as adjectives. These end in –ing and describe a noun or pronoun. • Ex. The flying hamster was very happy until it began to move downwards. Uh-oh!

  8. Review • All adjectives describe a noun or a pronoun. • The easiest adjectives to remember are the articles: a, an, and the. • Most adjectives come before the word they modify, but predicate adjectives come after a linking verb and describe the subject. • Other adjectives may be proper adjectives and be formed from a proper noun and must therefore be capitalized. • Finally, an advanced form of adjective is the participle, a form of a verb that ends in –ing but describes a noun or a pronoun. Got it? Good!

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