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 country (noun)
 America (Proper Noun)
 American (Proper Adjective)
Italian food is my favorite.
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It answers – “What kind?”
It is a Proper Adjective.
Mexican culture is exciting.
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Answers – “What kind?”
It is a Proper Adjective.
Those olives are from Greece
Greece.
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They are Greek olives.
What is the proper adjective?
The watch was made in Switzerland.
Switzerland
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It was a Swiss watch.
What is the proper adjective?
My friend drives a car from Germany.
Germany
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It is a German car.
What is the proper adjective?
The ornithologist saw a bird from South America
America.
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South American bird.
It is a ______________
What is the proper adjective?
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It refers to a specific item or specific items in a
group. The may be used with either singular or
plural nouns.
I saw the whale area at the Metropolitan
Aquarium.
(specific place – the whale area)
The whales were rather small.
(specific whales – those at the
aquarium)
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They are used to refer to a single member of a
general group. They are used only with
singular nouns. The article an is used before a
vowel sound. The article a is used before a
consonant sound.
• When I see a jellyfish, I am usually startled.
• I saw an octopus at the aquarium
*If two or more nouns appear in
one sentence, use an article for
each one.
• I saw a small jellyfish and a large jellyfish.
• The bigger jellyfish swam faster than the
smaller jellyfish
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7.
1.
2.
8.
2. A
8. AN
3.
9.
3.
9. AN
4.
10.
4. AN
10. AN
5.
11.
5. A
11. AN
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12.
6. A
12. A
AN
AN
7. A