Sentence: The pastry chef ate a pink cake. Adjectives: Pastry, pink
Why? Because adjectives describe nouns. Chef is a noun and pastry describes the kind of noun. Cake is a noun and pink describes the kind of cake.
To identify the adjectives in a sentence, look for words that describe or modify nouns. Adjectives often answer questions like "What kind?", "Which one?", or "How many?". If you provide the sentence in question, I can help list the adjectives specifically.
young, his, a, moderate
The adjectives in the sentence "Some Western towns actually hold rattlesnake roundups" are "Some" and "Western." "Some" modifies "towns" by indicating an unspecified quantity, while "Western" specifies the geographic characteristic of the towns.
Most adjectives are common adjectives: they are not written with capital letters.e.g. big, small, wet, dry, exciting.Proper adjectives come from proper nouns (names of people, places, or things).Proper adjectives are written with capital letters e.g .Japanese camera, Chinese chopsticks, Jovianmoons, Dutch chocolate
Examples of objects not sharp:knifescissorsrazorsawExample of objects not shiny:concretewoolslatebrickExamples of objects not interesting:billsmanualsassembly instructionsgrocery lists
A Dictionary?
The lists of adjectives amount to thousands of words. Google has such lists if you search for adjective lists. One such web page is listed under Related Links to the left.
To identify the adjectives in a sentence, look for words that describe or modify nouns. Adjectives often answer questions like "What kind?", "Which one?", or "How many?". If you provide the sentence in question, I can help list the adjectives specifically.
The spelling of the adjective is hyphenated "non-routine" (not regularly done).(One business dictionary lists a single word form nonroutine.)
Neither the single word "overprepared" or the hyphenated "over-prepared" have found consistent acceptance in dictionaries. Wiktionary lists the single word form.
young, his, a, moderate
the famous, cat-like
Go to www.rcaguilar.com/spanish/vocabulary/00-lists/adj-hispanic.htm. They have over 50 English adjectives with Spanish translations.
the, brilliant, the, sixteenth
The term "time travel" is typically not hyphenated when used as a noun or adjective. However, if it is being used as a verb, it may be hyphenated, such as in "time-traveling." The usage may vary depending on the style guide being followed, but in general, it is more common to see "time travel" as two separate words.
Attached are two examples (see Related Links).
There are a number of companies and brokers who provide apartment mailing lists for marketing purposes, for a fee. Dietrich Direct and DataMasters are two examples of companies which will provide apartment mailing lists on request.