Noun modifiers with examples

Noun modifiers

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Noun modi f ie r s h a v e an impor t a n t job: t o

ma k e noun mo r e e xp r ess i v e. Il l u s t r a t ed b y

the w o r d " im p or t a n t" in t h e p r e vious

se n t ence, th i s type of w o r d c omes i n v arious

f orms — all with a particu l ar manner of

al t ering the nouns a t t ached t o them.

Noun

modified

b y

adjecti v e

T h e mo s t

c ommonly he a r d

w a y of m o di f ying

a noun b y an

adj e cti v e is as

f oll o w s:

Place m e n t: the

adj e cti v e p r e c ed e s

the noun

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F orm: the

ad j e c ti v e a g r e e s

in

g end e r o r plu r a l ity

w i th the noun

Lin k e r : the

adj e cti v e c a r ri e s

the " lin k e r " ( - r f or

f e m inine nouns, -

n f or mascul i ne or

plu r al)

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Noun

modified b y article

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Art i cles c ome

b e f o r e the nouns

th e y poi n t

out.

E x amples: a

b

a

uildin g , the doo r ,

n apple

Noun modified

b y

p r onoun

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P osses s i v e

P r onouns c ome

b e f o r e the noun

th e y mod i f y . Th e y

t ell us who or wh a t

the noun belongs

t o. E x amples: m y c

a r , y our si st e r , his

big

mouth, their n e w

house, our decisio

n

E x amples

Adje c ti v e E x ample s : la r g e f ee t , six c opies, s o ft v oi c e, t h e b lack V ol v o , an a w ful odo r .

Article

oo r , an apple

a buildin g , the d

P r onoun

E x amples: m y ca r , y our si s t e r , his big

mouth, their n e w house, our decision .

T h a n k s

y o u r

a tt e n t i o n

for