Adjectives

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What is an adjective?

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An adjective is a word that describes a noun, giving more information about it.

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What are the two kinds of adjectives?

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Descriptive and Limiting.

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What does a Descriptive adjective do?

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It describes the color, height, weight, texture, taste, and other qualities of a noun.

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What does a Limiting adjective do?

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It tells how many or which one of a noun.

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Give an example of a Descriptive adjective.

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Tall, blue, sweet.

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Give an example of a Limiting adjective.

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Three, this, those.

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What is the antonym of 'brave'?

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Cowardly.

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What is a proper adjective?

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An adjective that is derived from a proper noun, like 'American' from 'America'.

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What is a common adjective?

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An adjective that is not derived from a proper noun, like 'happy' or 'big'.

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What is the role of adjectives in a sentence?

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Adjectives modify nouns to provide more detail.