types of nouns
a word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence, and forming the main part of the predicate of a sentence
a word or phrase that modifies or qualifies an adjective, verb
specify or limit the noun
LIMITING ADJECTIVE
nouns that refer to specific entities
words that express action
follows a linking verb and modifies (directly refers to) the subject of the sentence
PREDICATE ADJECTIVE
nouns that refer to general, unspecific categories of entities
connects the subject of a sentence to a noun or adjective that renames or describes the subject
Participles are always adjectives and may end in EN, ED or ING
VERBALS AS ADJECTIVES
contains two or more words which join together to make a single noun
used before action or linking verbs to convey additional information regarding aspects of possibility
add detail or description to the noun
DESCRIPTIVE ADJECTIVE
a word that can function by itself as a noun phrase and that refers either to the participants in the discourse
action verbs that always express doable activities
a word or phrase naming an attribute, added to or grammatically related to a noun to modify or describe it