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What is a noun?

A noun is a naming word.

What is an adjective?

An adjective describes a noun or a pronoun.
An adjective answers:

• What kind?
• Which one?
• How many?

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Identify the adjective in these sentences.

1. A tall boy.

2. A broken desk.

3. A beautiful flower.

Answers

1. Tall

2. Broken

3. Beautiful

Read these sentences.

1. The girl had a forty-five minutes operation.

2. He bought a seventy-page story book.
3. The president held office for a five-year term.
4. It was a one-hour race.

Exercise

Use these words to make sentences

1. A two-million cheque
2. Fifty one-kilometre race
3. Two-year old baby
4. A six-seater matatu
5.Thirty-minutes competition