Using adjectives, nouns, and pronouns

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An adjective is a word that modifies a verb.

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I am in disagreement

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Complete the following statement: Adjectives come ______ the word they modify, but sometimes they become _____ the word they modify,

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before/after

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Identify the proper adjective in the following sentence: The Elizabethan era was a time of great dramatists such as William Shakespeare and Christopher Marlowe.

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Elizabethan

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Identify the proper adjectives in the sentence: "The French painter Gauguin lived the last part of his life on Tahiti, a South Sea island."

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French/South Sea

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Identify the part of speech to the underlined word as: NOUN, PRONOUN, or ADJECTIVE in the following sentence: Neither dictionary tells whether this word is colloquial or standard.

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an adjective

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Identify the part of speech of the underlined word in the sentence: The good is sometimes the enemy of the best.

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a noun

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Identify the part of speech of the underlined word in the sentence: The foolish shall not stand in Thy sight.

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a noun

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Identify the part of speech of the underlined word: Most people living in Quebec speak primarily French.

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an adjective

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Identify the part of speech of the underlined word in the sentence: Many of George Herbert's poems present Christmas truths in striking way.

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an adjective

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Identify the part of speech of the underlined word: This in the sentence: This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.

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a pronoun