Lesson 32

Parts of Speech - Adjectives

PronounsA pronoun is a word that replaces a noun or a group of words used as a noun.
Source: Lesson 21 used as adjectivesAdjectives modify or affect the meaning of nouns and pronouns and tell us which, whose, what kind, and how many about the nouns or pronouns they modify.
Source: Lesson 31 are called pronominal adjectives.  Pronouns can be used as adjectives, but they are not always adjectives as the seven mentioned in Lesson 31.  Demonstrative pronounsDemonstrative pronouns are pronouns that point out.  Source: Lesson 27, this, that, these, those;  interrogative pronounsInterrogative pronouns ask questions.  Source: Lesson 29, whose, which, what; and indefinite pronounsIndefinite pronouns are pronouns that do not point out specifically. They point out generally.  Source: Lesson 28, another, any, both, each, either, many, neither, one, other, some; when used with a noun become adjectives.  Cardinal and ordinal numbers can be adjectives.

Examples:
ten students (cardinal)
the tenth student (ordinal)

 
 
 

Instructions: List the adjectives in these sentences.

1. Whose car is that red one in the driveway?

2. Those drapes go well with this brown carpet.

3. The two men were wondering what signal had brought many people to their rescue.

4. The third person entering the city park won another prize.

5. That tie is a good one for this suit.