Adjective identification: Activity 1
Which words do you think are adjectives?
new
good
local
teacher
important
right
nondescript
general
open
free
boy
present
royal
teach
sing
despite
I
over
Which words are describing words? If they are, they might be adjectives.
new
good
local
teacher
important
right
nondescript
general
open
free
boy
present
royal
teach
sing
despite
I
over
Which words can take an -er suffix to mean more or an -est suffix to mean most? If it can, it may be an adjective.
new
good
local
teacher
important
right
nondescript
general
open
free
boy
present
royal
teach
sing
despite
I
over
Which words cannot be plural? Can you add -s and say two ___s? Adjectives cannot be plural!
new
good
local
teacher
important
right
nondescript
general
open
free
boy
present
royal
teach
sing
despite
I
over
Which words can show tense with an -ed suffix? Adjectives cannot show tense.
new
good
local
teacher
important
right
nondescript
general
open
free
boy
present
royal
teach
sing
despite
I
over
Which words can occur just before a noun, as in the big shoe (attributive position), and after a form of be, as in the shoe is big (predicative position). If it can, it's probably an adjective.
new
good
local
teacher
important
right
nondescript
general
open
free
boy
present
royal
teach
sing
despite
I
over
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