The word 'green' is a noun (the name of a color); an adjective (green, greener, greenest), a word that describes a noun; and a verb (green, greens, greening, greened).
Noun: Green is a good color for that room. She made a salad of greens with vinaigrette.
Adjective: My favorite are the green onions but any onions will do.
Verb: The lawn will green nicely after all this rain.
adjective
The term 'green stripes' is a noun phrase, a group of words based on a noun that functions as a unit in a sentence.
The noun phrase 'green stripes' is made up of the plural noun 'stripes' described by the adjective'green'.
Example functions of a noun phrase:
The green stripes painted on the street mark the parade route.
The dress had green strips sprinkled with daisies.
The florist is the shop with the green stripes on the awning.
The word 'green' is a verb, a noun, and an adjective.
Examples:
Verb: The city has budgeted to green the medians on Main Street.
Noun: The village green is a place covered in grass that is shared by the townsfolk.
Adjective: He was wearing a green shirt.
Yes, stripes is a noun, a common, plural noun. It is a thing; a noun is a person, place, or thing (or idea).
a noun is a adjective
Examples of Adjective Noun patterns are: The football team is good. (Football is the Adjective in this sentence, but, it can also be a Noun.) <--- Example: The football was sticky. (Football is now a Noun in this sentence.) The green eyes scared me! (Green is the Adjective in this sentence, but, it can also be a Noun.) <--- Example: Green is my favorite color. (Green is now the Noun in this sentence.)
In that sentence,, the word "green" is functioning as an adjective, describing the noun "apple" as a predicate adjective (subject complement) following the linking verb "is" (apple = green).
An adjective is a word that describes a noun as in green. All is not an adjective.
it is all three.
Examples of adjectives that are formed from a noun are:air (noun) - airy (adjective)artist (noun) - artistic (adjective)beauty (noun) - beautiful (adjective)blood (noun) - bloody (adjective)fish (noun) - fishy (adjective)hope (noun) - hopeful (adjective)length (noun) - lengthy (adjective)memory (noun) - memorable (adjective)politics (noun) - political (adjective)thought (noun) - thoughtful (adjective)use (noun) - useful (adjective)water (noun) - watery (adjective)
Examples of Adjective Noun patterns are: The football team is good. (Football is the Adjective in this sentence, but, it can also be a Noun.) <--- Example: The football was sticky. (Football is now a Noun in this sentence.) The green eyes scared me! (Green is the Adjective in this sentence, but, it can also be a Noun.) <--- Example: Green is my favorite color. (Green is now the Noun in this sentence.)
In that sentence,, the word "green" is functioning as an adjective, describing the noun "apple" as a predicate adjective (subject complement) following the linking verb "is" (apple = green).
Yes, it's an adjective (an Attribute).
An adjective is a word that describes a noun as in green. All is not an adjective.
An adjective describes a noun. For example, in the sentence, "I would like that green lollipop, please," "green" is the adjective describing "lollipop."
it is all three.
no, it's an adjective EXAMPLE: the rock was green. it's describing it, not saying action.
Examples of adjectives that are formed from a noun are:air (noun) - airy (adjective)artist (noun) - artistic (adjective)beauty (noun) - beautiful (adjective)blood (noun) - bloody (adjective)fish (noun) - fishy (adjective)hope (noun) - hopeful (adjective)length (noun) - lengthy (adjective)memory (noun) - memorable (adjective)politics (noun) - political (adjective)thought (noun) - thoughtful (adjective)use (noun) - useful (adjective)water (noun) - watery (adjective)
No, it is a verb or a noun (to go around, to surround; a round shape). The adjective form is circular.
Yes, all colors are adjectives when they describe a noun, usually an object. A color alone would be a noun.
The word "lush" can function as both an adjective and a noun, but it is not commonly used as an adverb or predicate. As an adjective, it describes something that is very luxurious, abundant, or green. As a noun, it refers to a person who drinks excessively.
The (article) snake (noun) moved (verb) slowly (adverb) through the grass (prepositional phrase).This sentence doesn't have an adjective, because an adjective describes a noun, pronoun, or other adjective.If you said "The snake moved slowly through the green grass," green would be the adjective because it is describing the word, "grass", which is a noun.