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Adjectives and compound adjectives

Adjectives are describing words.such as large, grey, friendly etc.

Now let’s take a noun = elephant.Large elephantGrey elephantFriendly elephant.

That means adjectives modify or describe nouns

Adjectives

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More examples of adjectives

A little girl

A fat cat

An old man

A nice book

green bananasA beautiful woman.

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1. Fat cat ( so how is the cat, The cat is fat).

2. Nice book = ( how is the book)- the book is nice.

3. Green bananas = (how are the bananas)- they’re green.

4. Little girl =

5. Beautiful woman =

6. Old man =

Note: fat, nice, green, little, beautiful and old are adjectives and tells more about nouns.

Explanation

Let us understand these examples.

fat + cat

nice + book.

green+ bananas.

little + girl

beautiful + woman

old + man

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Practice: Pickup the adjectives and fill in the boxes

tall , sweet, red , large , naughty

large elephant

Sweet grapes

tall man

Red apple

naughty girl

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Sentences

Use adjective in a sentences of your own. The first one is done for you.

Word use to connect a subject with adjective: am, is, are, was,wereRemember for animals we use ‘ it.’

A fat cat : __________________________________________.

An old man : __________________________________________________

green bananas : ________________________________

A little girl: She is a little girl.

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Compound adjective

A compound  is a single adjective joining more than one word. 

The words in a compound adjective are usually grouped together

using  hyphens.

For example: A four-foot table A part-time worker A cold-blooded man A Well-behaved An open- minded person

 

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This is a four-foot table.Daniella is a part-time worker..Danny’s dog is well-behavedHe is a cold-blooded man.You have to be open-minded about things.

A four-foot table A part-time worker A cold-blooded A well-behaved An open- minded person

Examples used in sentences

Examples in sentences

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. 1. This is an    error.

2. I love this   room!

3. Beware of the  monster.

4. Diana submitted a   document.

5. She adopted a    cat.

Choose the correct compound adjective to fill in the boxes.’all-too-common, two-year-old, green-eyed, brightly-lit,  6-page

Exercise