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MODULE 2: PARTS OF SPEECH

ADJECTIVES

2e An adjective is a word that modifies a noun or a pronoun.


To modify a word means to describe the word or to make its meaning more definite. An
adjective modifies a noun or a pronoun by telling what kind, which one, how much, or how
many.
What Kind? Which One or Ones? How Many or
How Much?
long weekend last year thirty days
fast skates his toys no wheels
cheerful nurse our friend ninety people

NOTE A possessive form of a pronoun (such as our, your, his, and their) modifies a noun by
answering the question Whose? Because a possessive pronoun functions as an
adjective, it may be labeled as both a pronoun and an adjective.

Sometimes an adjective comes after the word that it modifies.


EXAMPLE The play was funny. [The adjective funny modifies play.]
When a noun modifies another noun or a pronoun, it is considered an adjective.
Nouns Nouns Used as Adjectives
school school calendar
summer summer storm
city city lights
turkey turkey dinner

NOTE The words a, an, and the are called articles. A and an are called indefinite articles
because they refer to someone or something in general. The is called a definite
article because it refers to someone or something in particular.

© Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company Module 2 1


EXERCISE 5 Identifying Adjectives
Underline the adjectives in the sentences below, and draw two lines under the noun or pronoun
each adjective modifies. Do not include the articles a, an, and the.
EX. Many students rode on the purple bus.
1. Most tornadoes occur on hot, humid days.
2. When we toured the city, we saw shiny new skyscrapers next to old historical buildings.
3. Summer temperatures lasted for only two months.
4. She saw many stars in the clear sky.
5. The moon weighs 81 billion tons.

EXERCISE 6 Using Nouns as Adjectives


Pick four words from the list below. For each word, write two sentences on the lines provided.
Use each word first as a noun, then as an adjective.
EX. annual The annuals in our garden are daisies. .
The annual picnic always attracts a large crowd.
dress wood committee boat Lincoln scratch
blue Texas seafood speech cat flower
1. ________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
2. ________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
3. ________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
4. ________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________

© Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company Module 2 2

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