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Learn how adjectives modify nouns, from answering questions like "What kind?" to "Which one?" and "How many?" Understand demonstrative adjectives and how they differ from pronouns. Explore using nouns and adjectives interchangeably, with examples for clarity. Recognize articles as definite or indefinite adjectives in sentences.
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Adjectives Modifier of Nouns and Pronouns
Definition • Word used to modify (describe or make the meaning more definite) a noun or pronoun • Answers the questions • What kind? • blue skies, nuclear missile, beautiful women • Which one? • next day, last chance, that girl • How many? • five fingers, three birds, many people
Demonstrative Adjectives • Remember the Demonstrative Pronouns? • this, that, these, and those • These words can be used as pronouns or adjectives. • When they take the place of nouns, they are pronouns. • When they modify nouns or pronouns, they are adjectives. • i.e. This is my book (pronoun). This book is the one I lost (adjective).
Noun or Adjective? • Just like demonstrative pronouns and adjectives, other words can be used as nouns or pronouns. • Examples: cheese, winter, steel, Picasso, American • Choose three of the above and write six sentences (two for each word – one using the word as a noun and one using the word as an adjective).
The Articles • The words “a,” “an,” and “the” are your articles. Can you distinguish which ones are definite and which are indefinite? • Articles are considered to be adjectives because they answer the question “Which one?”
