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Adjectives

Adjectives are words that modify (describe) nouns or pronouns. Adjectives tell what kind, how many, or which one.

  • Male peacocks have beautiful feathers.
  • The feathers are colorful.
      (An adjective after a linking verb is called a predicate adjective.)

Articles

The words a, an, and the are adjectives called articles.

Owlet is the name for a baby owl.

Proper and Common Adjectives

Proper adjectives are formed from proper nouns. They are capitalized. Common adjectives (in italic) are any adjectives that are not proper.

On a cold Wisconsin day, a Hawaiian vacation sounds wonderful.

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