What is an adjective?
Answer
An adjective is a part of speech (a word) that describes a noun. Adjectives answer the questions of, "How many? Which one? What kind?"
Adjectives are usually found in front of a noun, but sometimes adjectives come after nouns.
Example: The large tree fell onto the road.
In the above sentence, there is only one adjective. Ask yourself which word describes something by answering "How many?" or "Which one?" or "What kind?"
The word "large" describes what kind of tree has fallen. Therefore, the word "large" is the adjective in this sentence.
Example: The large tree fell onto the road.
Let's look at an example of a sentence that has an adjective, but the adjective comes after the noun.
Example: The apples in the bottom of the fridge are his.
In the above sentence, there is only one adjective. Ask yourself which word describes something by answering "How many?" or "Which one?" or "What kind?
The word "his" answers the question "Which one?" by describing whose apples they are. Therefore, the word "his" is the adjective in this sentence.
Example: The apples in the bottom of the fridge are his.
One last note: Sometimes, a sentence will have multiple adjectives just as it can have multiple nouns, verbs, adverbs, or any other parts of speech. It just depends on the sentence itself.
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