Does the subject tell more about another noun?

Answer 1

The most common word used to tell more about a noun is an adjective. Examples:

• hot water
• cold water
• dirty water
• deep water
• soapy water

Other words used to tell more about a noun are:

A possessive noun tells who or what that noun belongs to. Examples:

• my brother's car
• the book's cover
• the children's playground
• the ladies' room
• the men's department

An attributive noun is a noun used as an adjective to describe another noun. Examples:

• almond cookies
• school building
• road hog
• paint brush
• computer keyboard

A partitive noun is a noun to count or quantify an uncountable noun; or a noun which comes before a noun and shows that designates only part of something. Examples:

• a cup of coffee
• a piece of advice
• a bit of news
• a sheet of music
• a bolt of lightening

A subject complement is a noun, a pronoun, or an adjective that follows a linking verb that restates the subject of the sentence. A linking verb acts as an equals sign, the subject is or becomes the object. Examples:

• My sister was the first in our family to graduate college. (sister=first)
• My sister become a graphic designer. (sister>graphic designer)
• My sister is brilliant. (sister=brilliant)

An object complement is a noun, a pronoun, or an adjective that restates the direct object of a sentence. Examples:

• I named the puppy Spot.
• The ball seemed to make the puppy happy.

An appositive is a noun immediately following a noun that renames that noun. Examples:

• Mr. Roper, my teacher, gave me an A.
• I bought flowers, tulips, for mother's birthday.

Note: The difference between an appositive noun and an object complement is that an appositive can rename anynoun in the sentence, and an object complement can only rename the direct object.

Answer 2

An adjective modifies a noun (or pronoun), further describing it.

Adverbs, which modify verbs, modify adjectives also, which is additional information about a noun.

Some nouns can also be used to modify other nouns, usually to indicate origin or purpose.

A predicate nominative or a predicate adjective restates a noun subject following a linking verb, telling something about the noun.

Answer 3

An appositive is a noun, noun phrase, or series of nouns placed next to another word or phrase to identify or rename it. (e.g. Target, the newest store in the mall / my son, the doctor) It acts as a parenthetical form instead of using an adjective.

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A noun adjunct (also called an attributive noun) limits or defines another noun.

(e.g. home study, time card)

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A predicate nominative or a predicate adjectiverestates a noun subject following a linking verb, telling something about the noun.

Answer 4

The subject of a sentence may or may not tell about another noun. Examples:

The soup is hot. The subject is soup, the only noun in the sentence. Hot is an adjective that describes the subject.

My mother visited my aunt. The subject is the noun mother, the object is the noun aunt, but mother tells nothing about the aunt. The sentence tells what mother did.

Answer 5

Action and

Answer 6

Adjective

Answer 7

appositive

Answer 8

Gender

Answer 9

Adjective