Adjectives (Process of Modification, Articles)
- 2. What is an adjective? 2 - It is a word used to describe noun or pronoun to give a noun or pronoun a more specific meaning. - It answers the question, What kind? Which one? How many? How much? about the nouns or pronouns they modify.
- 3. ADJECTIVE QUESTIONS What kind? happy child small bird Which one? next room first place How many? several people three days How much? little work enough money
- 5. Articles (Special Adjectives) The - A definite article indicates that the noun it modifies refers to a specific person, place, or thing. - placed before a singular or plural noun
- 6. Examples: 1. The boy sitting next to me raised his hand.
- 7. Examples: 1. The boy sitting next to me raised his hand.
- 8. Examples: 1. The boy sitting next to me raised his hand. 2. Thank you for the advice you gave me.
- 9. Examples: 1. The boy sitting next to me raised his hand. 2. Thank you for the advice you gave me.
- 10. Articles a and an - indefinite articles indicate that the nouns they modify may refer to any one of a class of people, place, or things but they do not refer to a specific one.
- 11. Articles a - is used before a consonant sound.
- 12. Examples: 1. A yellow hat 2. A happy time (h sound) 3. A onetime nesting area (w sound) 4. A unicorn (y sound)
- 13. Articles an - is used before a vowel sound.
- 14. Examples: 1. An endangered water bird (e sound) 2. An honest person (aw sound) 3. An old map (o sound) 4. An uncle (u sound)
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