1st Semester Grammar Review: 1.8

​Limiting its meaning = providing specifics and more details about it. Making it more precise OR as you've heard it in the past, "describes a noun".

Examples can be found on page 61 of your packets.

​An adjective is a word that modifies a noun or a pronoun by limiting its meaning.

"The" is the definite article. ​

Definite Article

"A and An" are the indefinite articles. ​

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Indefinite Articles

A dove glided over the orange trees.

Place your jacket next to Ryan’s jacket.​

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Because they modify nouns, possessive nouns and pronouns are considered adjectives as well

Well...

In the example there is a possessive pronoun and a possessive noun, but they are also technically adjectives.

Proper Adjectives

A proper adjective is formed from a proper noun and begins with a capital letter. Proper adjectives are often created by using the following suffixes: -an, -ian, -n, -ese, and -ish.

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We ate German food and listened to African music at the international festival.​

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Sometimes you have to change the spelling of the word!

Homework

Page 61-62

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