NOUNS AND ADJECTIVES

Noun:
A noun is a word (other than a pronoun)used to identify
any of a class of people,places,things(common noun),or to name
a particular one of these(proper noun).
Nouns can function in a sentence as a subject,an object or
object of preposition e.g.
Sana drove her car to the store.
Here
Subject: Sana
Object: Car
Object of preposition:To the store

Examples:
 Girl
 Book
 Mary
 Paris
 Bird
 Education
 Love
Types of Nouns:
There a several different types of nouns.These include:
a. Common Nouns
b. Proper Nouns
c. Abstract Nouns
d. Concrete Nouns
e. Collective Nouns
f. Compound Nouns
g. Countable,Uncountable Nouns
h. Gender-specific Nouns
 i. Verbal Nouns
j. Gerunds

Adjective:
An adjective a is a word used to modify a noun or a
pronoun.Adjectives answer the questions:
“ What kind? ”
“ Which One? ”
“ How many? or
How much? ”
Examples:
 Happy dog
 Tired boy
 Seven girls
Types of Adjectives:
Following are the main kinds of adjectives:
a) Adjective of Quality
b) Adjective of Quantity
c) Adjective of Number
d) Interrogative Adjective
e) Demonstrative Adjective
f) Exclamatory Adjective
Formation of Adjective
Some adjectives can be identified by their endings. Typical
adjective endings include:
 -able/-ible understandable, capable, readable, incredible
 -al mathematical, functional, influential, chemical
 -ful beautiful, bashful, helpful, harmful
 -ic artistic, manic, rustic, terrific
  -ive submissive, intuitive, inventive, attractive
 -less sleeveless, hopeless, groundless, restless
 -ous gorgeous, dangerous, adventurous, fabulous

Sometimes when adding these endings changes have to be made. Here

are some rules for forming adjectives and their exceptions:

Add Exceptions Word Adjective

-al If ending with an ‘e‘, Nature Natural

drop it
Function Functional
-y If ending with an ‘e‘, Ice Icy
drop it
Oil Oily
-ful If ending with a ‘y‘, Beauty Beautiful
replace with an ‘i‘
Peace Peaceful
-ous/-ious If ending with a ‘y‘, Mystery Mysterious
drop it
Danger Dangerous
-ic If ending with a ‘y‘, History Historic
drop it
Rust Rustic

Forming adjectives from nouns:

Adjectives can be formed from
different words. They can be formed from nouns:
Noun Adjective
accident accidental
danger dangerous
length long
star starry
wind windy
Examples of forming adjectives

I. Our house color is a kind of yellow. → We live in a

yellowish house.
II. He often acts like a child. → He often acts in a childish
way.
III. The event was a big success. → We enjoyed a successful
event.
IV. We enjoyed the sound of the drum’s rhythm. → We
enjoyed the drum’s rhythmic sound.
V. She adopted a dog without a home. → She adopted a
homeless dog.