Words that are adjectives and nouns

1. What words are adjectives and nouns?
2. What is a noun but also an adjective?
3. Can same word be a noun & adjective?
4. What is a noun and adjective in a sentence examples?
5. Can you make an adjective a noun?
6. Can a noun have two adjectives?
7. Can there be a noun verb and adjective in one sentence?
8. Is three an adjective or noun?
9. How do you describe a noun with two adjectives?
10. How do you write a noun with two adjectives?
11. Is fun a noun or adjective?
12. What category are adjectives nouns?
13. What is an example of noun verb and adjective?
14. What is a noun adjective verb?
15. Can a word be an adjective and a verb?
16. When can adjectives be nouns?
17. Can adjective qualifies a noun?
18. Is Apple a noun?
19. Is 10 a noun or adjective?

What words are adjectives and nouns?

A noun is a person, place, or thing. An adjective is a word that describes a noun. In the sentence "There was an ugly duckling" the adjective "ugly" describes or modifies the noun "duckling." Many nouns can be used to modify other nouns, just like adjectives modify nouns.

What is a noun but also an adjective?

English often uses nouns as adjectives - to modify other nouns. For example, a car that people drive in races is a race car. A car with extra power or speed is a sports car. Nouns that modify other nouns are called adjectival nouns or noun modifiers. For our purposes, they are called attributive nouns.

Can same word be a noun & adjective?

@virtualnobi: Yes there are multiple occasions when English words might work as noun and adjective. One is what they have multiple senses with different parts of speech, that's very common.

What is a noun and adjective in a sentence examples?

The dog is cute. Here, "dog" is the noun, "cute" is the adjective and "is" is the verb. Nouns are people/animals, places and things.

Can you make an adjective a noun?

The suffix –ness forms nouns from adjectives. Not all adjectives can have –ness added to them, but it is a common form – especially with adjectives ending in y (though note the spelling change, to –iness), hard consonant sounds like d, and many adjectives ending in ful.

Can a noun have two adjectives?

"Cumulative adjectives" are two or more adjectives that build on one another and together modify a noun. They're consecutive. They are also called "unit modifiers." Indeed, they work together as a unit and are not independent descriptions of the noun.

Can there be a noun verb and adjective in one sentence?

Examples of a Noun Verb and an Adjective in a Sentence

This beautiful rose is wilting. Keep the big box on the table. Steffi climbed the rocky mountains.

Is three an adjective or noun?

three (noun) three–cornered (adjective) three–dimensional (adjective) three–legged race (noun)

How do you describe a noun with two adjectives?

You should use a comma between two adjectives when they are coordinate adjectives. Coordinate adjectives are two or more adjectives that describe the same noun equally. With coordinate adjectives you can put "and" between them and the meaning is the same. Similarly, you can swap their order.

How do you write a noun with two adjectives?

A comma should be placed between two adjectives (of equal rank) that describe the same noun. Adjectives “of equal rank” are adjectives that can exchange locations in the sentence with one another such that the sentence will still make sense.

Is fun a noun or adjective?

Fun commonly functions as an adjective ("I had a fun time") and as a noun ("Let's have some fun"), and somewhat less commonly as a verb ("I'm just funning you").

What category are adjectives nouns?

The three syntactic categories of nouns, verbs and adjectives, are called open-class categories. The categories are considered open because when new words get added to the language, they are almost always in one of these three categories — the categories are open to new members.

What is an example of noun verb and adjective?

Examples of a Noun Verb and an Adjective in a Sentence

Keep the big box on the table. Steffi climbed the rocky mountains. Dad enjoyed washing the car last Sunday. Nia opened the colourful gift box.

What is a noun adjective verb?

Nouns are naming words (place – beach, object – apple, person – Henry, animal – cat) Verbs are action/doing words (ate, swim, bake and sing) Adjectives are describing words (rainy, spotty, huge, green) Adverbs are words that describe a verb (softly, quickly, carefully, happily)

Can a word be an adjective and a verb?

An example of a verbal adjective with verb-like features is the word wearing in the sentence The man wearing a hat is my father (it behaves as a verb in taking an object, a hat, although the resulting phrase wearing a hat functions like an attributive adjective in modifying man).

When can adjectives be nouns?

'The rich', 'the famous', 'the poor', and 'the elderly' are adjectives used as nouns. These expressions mean people considered together as a group. For example, the rich means people who are rich. As you can see, these nouns are always plural and used with the definite article.

Can adjective qualifies a noun?

An adjective is a word that defines, qualifies or modifies the meaning of a noun, or more rarely of a pronoun. It expresses a quality or attribute of the word it qualifies.

Is Apple a noun?

apple (noun) apple–cheeked (adjective) apple pie (noun)

Is 10 a noun or adjective?

ten (noun) ten–gallon hat (noun)