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Parts of Speech. Adjectives Objectives: To identify adjectives, proper adjectives, and compound adjectives To distinguish adjectives from pronouns. Part Definition Example. To find adjectives, first find each noun and pronoun in a sentence. Then ask:. Adjective Placement.
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Parts of Speech Adjectives Objectives: To identify adjectives, proper adjectives, and compound adjectives To distinguish adjectives from pronouns
To find adjectives, first find each noun and pronoun in a sentence. • Then ask:
1. Proper Adjectives • An adjective formed from a proper noun.
3. Articles • A special group of adjectives a an the • Use a before a word beginning with a consonant • Use an before a word beginning with a vowel (Anairplane landed on aship.)
If these words come before a noun, then they are adjectives.If these words stand alone, then they are pronouns.