Flag each word as noun, verb, adjective, or adverb.

• Commonly, Adjectives modify nouns and Adverbs modify verbs.

An adjective is a word that describes or defines a noun or noun phrase.

• Its semantic role is to change information given by the noun.

Adjectives can modify nouns even without appearing right before them in a sentence.

• Acting as what is called a subjective complement with the help of a linking verb, a predicate adjective modifies the subject of a sentence.
• A linking verb is a verb like to be, to feel, to seem, or to taste that, rather than describing an action, helps to describe a state of being or a sensory experience.

Adjectives come in three forms, known as degrees: absolute, comparative, and superlative.

• Absolute adjectives describe something in its own right.
• Comparative adjectives make a comparison between two or more things.
  • For most one-syllable adjectives, the comparative is formed by adding the suffix -er (or just -r if the adjective already ends with an e).
  • For two-syllable adjectives, some use -er to form the comparative while others use the word more. In general, two-syllable adjectives ending in –er, –le, –ow, –ure, or –y can be made comparative by adding -er (in the case of -y words, replace y with –ier).
  • For adjectives of three or more syllables, add the word more.
• Superlative adjectives indicate that something has the highest degree of the quality in question.
  • One-syllable adjectives become superlatives by adding the suffix -est (or just -st for adjectives that already end in e). As with the comparative, some two-syllable adjectives use -est to form the superlative while others use the word most.
  • In general, two-syllable adjectives ending in -y replace -y with -iest.
  • Adjectives of three or more syllables add the word most. When you use an article with a superlative adjective, it will almost always be the definite article (the) rather than a or an.
  • Using a superlative inherently indicates that you are talking about a specific item or items.
• Coordinate adjectives should be separated by a comma or the word and.
  • Adjectives are said to be coordinate if they modify the same noun in a sentence to the same degree.