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Adjectives
(Nouns used as Adjectives)
- a noun used as an adjective usually
comes directly before another noun
- answers the questions, What kind? 
or Which one?
Nouns Used as Adjectives
Nouns Nouns Used as Adjectives
snack snack food (What kind of food?)
ring ring finger (Which finger?)
1. A shoe salesman
Examples:
1. A shoe salesman
Examples:
1. A shoe salesman
2. The waterfowl refuge
Examples:
1. A shoe salesman
2. The waterfowl refuge
Examples:
1. A shoe salesman
2. The waterfowl refuge
3. A sports car
Examples:
1. A shoe salesman
2. The waterfowl refuge
3. A sports car
Examples:
- a proper adjective is a proper noun
used as an adjective or an adjective
formed from a proper noun.
Proper Adjectives
Proper Nouns as
Adjectives
Proper Adjectives from
Proper Nouns
Boston newspaper Bostonian dialect
India ink Indian curry
1. Snow geese live in the Arctic region
surrounding the North Pole.
Examples:
1. Snow geese live in the Arctic region
surrounding the North Pole.
2. Some spend winters along the
Atlantic coast.
Examples:
1. Snow geese live in the Arctic region
surrounding the North Pole.
2. Some spend winters along the
Atlantic coast.
Examples:
- a compound adjective is made up of
more than one word.
- Most compound adjectives are
hyphenated and others are one word.
Compound Adjectives
Hyphenated Compound
Adjectives
Combined Compound
Adjectives
long-distance operator bedtime story
saber-toothed tiger household goods
1. Ducks, geese, and swans are web-footed
birds that come in all sizes, shapes, and colors.
Examples:
1. Ducks, geese, and swans are web-footed
birds that come in all sizes, shapes, and colors.
2. Some swans also migrate from freshwater
lakes and rivers to seacoast homes.
Examples:
1. Ducks, geese, and swans are web-footed
birds that come in all sizes, shapes, and colors.
2. Some swans also migrate from freshwater
lakes and rivers to seacoast homes.
Examples:
- possessive nouns are often called
possessive adjectives when they
modify a noun.
- Possessive nouns include: (Smiths,
Amys, Darkos)
Possessive Adjectives
1. The animals fur keeps it warm during the
winter.
Examples:
1. The animals fur keeps it warm during the
winter.
2. Chicagos skyscrapers are built to withstand
the wind.
Examples:
1. The animals fur keeps it warm during the
winter.
2. Chicagos skyscrapers are built to withstand
the wind.
Examples:
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Nouns Used as Adjectives

  • 2. - a noun used as an adjective usually comes directly before another noun - answers the questions, What kind? or Which one? Nouns Used as Adjectives
  • 3. Nouns Nouns Used as Adjectives snack snack food (What kind of food?) ring ring finger (Which finger?)
  • 4. 1. A shoe salesman Examples:
  • 5. 1. A shoe salesman Examples:
  • 6. 1. A shoe salesman 2. The waterfowl refuge Examples:
  • 7. 1. A shoe salesman 2. The waterfowl refuge Examples:
  • 8. 1. A shoe salesman 2. The waterfowl refuge 3. A sports car Examples:
  • 9. 1. A shoe salesman 2. The waterfowl refuge 3. A sports car Examples:
  • 10. - a proper adjective is a proper noun used as an adjective or an adjective formed from a proper noun. Proper Adjectives
  • 11. Proper Nouns as Adjectives Proper Adjectives from Proper Nouns Boston newspaper Bostonian dialect India ink Indian curry
  • 12. 1. Snow geese live in the Arctic region surrounding the North Pole. Examples:
  • 13. 1. Snow geese live in the Arctic region surrounding the North Pole. 2. Some spend winters along the Atlantic coast. Examples:
  • 14. 1. Snow geese live in the Arctic region surrounding the North Pole. 2. Some spend winters along the Atlantic coast. Examples:
  • 15. - a compound adjective is made up of more than one word. - Most compound adjectives are hyphenated and others are one word. Compound Adjectives
  • 16. Hyphenated Compound Adjectives Combined Compound Adjectives long-distance operator bedtime story saber-toothed tiger household goods
  • 17. 1. Ducks, geese, and swans are web-footed birds that come in all sizes, shapes, and colors. Examples:
  • 18. 1. Ducks, geese, and swans are web-footed birds that come in all sizes, shapes, and colors. 2. Some swans also migrate from freshwater lakes and rivers to seacoast homes. Examples:
  • 19. 1. Ducks, geese, and swans are web-footed birds that come in all sizes, shapes, and colors. 2. Some swans also migrate from freshwater lakes and rivers to seacoast homes. Examples:
  • 20. - possessive nouns are often called possessive adjectives when they modify a noun. - Possessive nouns include: (Smiths, Amys, Darkos) Possessive Adjectives
  • 21. 1. The animals fur keeps it warm during the winter. Examples:
  • 22. 1. The animals fur keeps it warm during the winter. 2. Chicagos skyscrapers are built to withstand the wind. Examples:
  • 23. 1. The animals fur keeps it warm during the winter. 2. Chicagos skyscrapers are built to withstand the wind. Examples: