by sheila_admin | Sep 29, 2012 | Parts Of Speech, Vocabulary & Spelling
A compound word is a word made up from two or more other words joined together. They are often created to describe a new concept or idea and are thus neologisms. As a simple example, take the words foot and ball. These were brought together to describe the game:...
by sheila_admin | Jul 3, 2012 | Parts Of Speech
Simply put, Interrogative Adjectives are adjectives which modify a noun (like all adjectives do) and also ask a question. These are the interrogative adjectives: what whose which Any sentence which begins with an interrogative adjective is a question: Which coat is...
by sheila_admin | Jun 16, 2012 | Parts Of Speech
When we use nouns, we often use them with one or more other words to make a noun phrase. A noun phrase therefore is a group of words which contains a noun and one or more words that describe it further. Very often we put a determiner in front of the noun to make a...
by sheila_admin | Jun 16, 2012 | Parts Of Speech
Adjectives normally tell us more about nouns e.g. {adjective} + {noun} rich + people poor + men Adjectives as Nouns However, we can also use an adjective as a noun by using this pattern: the + {adjective} We use this to talk about a group of people: The rich get...
by sheila_admin | Jun 16, 2012 | Parts Of Speech
Adjectival phrases are phrases that function as adjectives. They consist of the adjective(s) that modifies a noun and any adverb(s) or other elements that modify that adjective. Adjectival phrases always occur inside noun phrases. They always have a house full of...