Lecture 1.6 Adjectives and Articles

Adjectives are words that describe. They give more information about nouns. Adjectives answer the questions What kind? and How many? They often come before the nouns they describe.
Fat raindrops bounced off the umbrella. (what kind of raindrops?)

Adjectives can also appear other places in the sentence. If you are not sure a word is an adjective, look for the noun you think it describes.

• The robot was helpful.
• The package is huge!

An article is a word that comes before a noun. A, an, and the are articles.

Use the talk about a specific person, place, or thing.

• the computer
• the jacket
• the bicycle
• the starfish

Use a or an to talk about any person, place, or thing. If the noun begins with a consonant sound, use a. If it begins with a vowel sound, use an.

• a wig
• a bed
• an apple
• an envelope