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Lesson 8: Adjectives

The words highlighted
a. Dikshya is a girl. in red are nouns.
b. Suhani went to a market. There are no words to
c. Bikesh has bought a house. describe them

The words highlighted
a. Dikshya is a beautiful girl. in red describe the
b. Suhani went to a busy market. nouns: girl, market and
c. Bikesh has bought a big house. house. These words are

adjectives.

An Adjective is a describing word. It says something about a noun or a

pronoun.

Examples: I saw a long-haired girl. She is a tall girl.
Adjectives can be formed from nouns, verbs and adverbs.

Examples: hardly – hard (from an adverb)
use – useful (from a verb)
hair – hairy (from a noun)

Adjectives can be formed from proper nouns.
Examples: China – Chinese (from a proper noun)
Italy – Italian
Nepal – Nepalese

A. Locate adjectives in the following sentences and write them on the
line provided. Some sentences may contain more than one adjective.
1. These days messages are sent through cellphones.
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