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Adjectives and Adverbs
In today's Grammar HELP! tudent Handbook - Online! lesson we begin our unit on Adjectives.
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What Is an Adjective?
An adjective is a word that describes a noun or pronoun.
An adjective can appear in many places within a sentence and so there is no easy way to identify an adjective.
One common place where an adjective appears is between the article and the noun it is describing.
| good | She is a good friend. |
| traditional | Many of the traditional rules are changing. |
Another common place where an adjective appears is in
the predicate
of a sentence, after the stative verb.
| SUBJECT | PREDICATE | |
| proud | He | looks proud. |
| impossible | It | was impossible. |
Now it's your turn!
Now it's our turn to ask you: How well can you recognize an adjective?
Circle each adjective in the short paragraph below.
When Vietnamese people get married, they have to dress in
red. Red clothing symbolizes good luck. They
also have to kneel down to the parents on both sides of
the family and to greet them with a little cup of hot tea
to symbolize respect.
Check your answers for the
adjective recognition activity above.
Next... Adjectives in Noun Phrases
Join us next week for our next lesson, "Adjectives in Noun Phrases".
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