Adjectives & Articles
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Modifiers
- Modifiers - words that describe (ex: adjectives, adverbs, articles, negatives, etc.)
Adjectives
- Describes or modifies a noun or pronoun
- One adjective can change the whole meaning of a sentence.
Ex: They are hard working students.
They are lazy students.
- Adjectives can tell what kind, which one, or how many.
- Adjectives can come before or after the noun they describe.
Ex: The children, noisy and cheerfully are waiting in the hall.
- Adjectives can come before or after the noun they describe.
- Predicate adjectives follow linking verbs and describe the subject of a sentence.
- Adjectives can be more than one word. When such an adjective comes before a noun, it is usually hyphenated.
Ex: After school, I work a part-time job.
Articles and Demonstratives
- The words a, an, and the are special adjectives called articles. - Articles can come before or after the noun.
Ex: It's an hour past the start of the exciting game.
- The refers to a specific item.
- Singular or Plural
Ex: The dog is barking.
The chickens are running around.
- A or an refers to any one item.
- Use an before words with a beginning vowel sound.
Ex: A book, a student, an elephant, and outstanding score.
- Demonstrative Adjectives tell which one.
- This, that, these, those
Point out people, places, and things Nearby Far Away Singular this that Plural these those