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

• Commonly, Adjectives modify nouns and Adverbs modify verbs.

A noun is a word that names something, such as a person, place, thing, or idea.

• Nouns can be used as adjectives and adjectives are nouns

• Proper nouns vs. common nouns One important distinction to be made is whether a noun is a proper noun or a common noun. A proper noun is a specific name of a person, place, or thing and is always capitalized. —- ===== Adjective ===== An adjective is a word that describes the traits, qualities, or number of a noun. 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.