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Imagine a friend shouts, "Watch out for the monster!" You look around, but you have no idea what to search for.
Is it a tiny, purple monster or an enormous, hairy monster? Words that give us those clues make all the difference.
Meet the Adjective
A noun is a naming word for a person, place, or thing, like dog, school, or cookie.
An adjective is a describing word that gives us details about a noun.
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How do you know if a word is acting as an adjective? It answers a specific question about a noun.
The Three Clue Questions
Adjectives give us three main types of clues about nouns: what kind, which one, and how many.
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Now that we know what adjectives tell us, where do they actually hide inside a sentence?
Where Adjectives Live
In English sentences, adjectives often appear directly before the noun they describe (the attributive position, e.g., "The green frog jumped").