Adjectives
You learn to find the adjective: the word that tells you what a noun is like.
How to do the test
- Find the noun first.
- Ask what that noun is like.
- The word that answers is the adjective.
A worked example
Tap the adjective. The tall giraffe ate leaves.
- An adjective tells you more about a noun.
- Find the noun it describes: giraffe.
- Ask what the giraffe is like: tall.
- Tall is the adjective.
More examples
Tap the adjective. The soup was hot.
- An adjective tells you more about a noun.
- Find the noun it describes: soup.
- Ask what the soup is like: hot.
- Hot is the adjective.
Tap the adjective. He drank cold milk.
- An adjective tells you more about a noun.
- Find the noun it describes: milk.
- Ask what the milk is like: cold.
- Cold is the adjective.
Watch out
You tap the noun itself, because it is the main word of the group.
Find the noun first, then ask what it is like. The word that answers is the adjective, not the noun.
Tips
- An adjective can come before the noun (a red hat) or after the verb is (the soup is hot).
Why it works
An adjective gives more detail about a noun. If you find the noun first, you only have to ask what it is like, and the answer is the adjective.