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'big' is the adjective in this sentence
Adjective
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Big, awesome, green, etc.
The predicate is what is said about the subject.e.g. In "Joanne went to the shopping mall." ... 'went to the shopping mall' is the predicate.An adjective descibes a noun or pronoun. "Joanne bought some red roses." ... 'red' is an adjective.
Verbs are the words that tell what the subject is or is doing.Adverbs are the words that modify (give more information about) a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.Adjectives are the words that describe nouns.Nouns are the words for a person, a place, or a thing.A sentence is a group of words that convey a complete thought. A sentence requires a subject and a verb, but a sentence can have many parts.A subject (the person or thing that the sentence is about) can be a noun or a pronoun.Examples:Jack drove. (the noun 'Jack' is the subject, the sentence is about him; the verb is 'drove', what he did)Jack drove today. (the adverb 'today' gives more information about the verb)Jack drove home. (the noun 'home' is the direct object of the verb 'drove')Jack drove too fast. (the adjective 'fast' describes how he drove; the adverb 'too' gives more information about the adjective)Jack drove a car. (the noun 'car' is the object of the verb 'drove')Jack drove a new car. (the adjective 'new' describes the car)
'big' is the adjective in this sentence
The adjective is big, describing the noun eyes.
Big Bob exercises.
An adjective describes a noun... ex. The Big ant bit me. Big is the adjective. An adverb describes a verb... ex. I was running fast. fast is the adverb
big example: the big red car was fast.
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So is an adverb in that sentence. It's modifying big, an adjective.
Big is a predicate adjective. Any word on the other side of the word is or its equivalent when the word is does not happen to be used as a helping verb is either a predicate nominative (noun) or adjective. Jane is a girl. Girl is a noun. Jane is pretty. Pretty is an adjective. (That is one quick way to tell if a word is an adjective!
the big quiet classroom was freakishly awkward
The word straw can be a noun or an adjective depending on how it is used.Some examples are below.She wore a big, straw hat. (Straw in this sentence is an adjective describing the word hat.)The boy drank milk from a straw. (In this sentence, straw is a noun.)
In the sentence 'The big cow has black spots" big and black modify the cow.An adjective modifies something.