Changing Nouns into Adjectives

In English, we classify words by their function. Nouns name persons, places, things and ideas. Adjectives are words that describe Nouns. Did you know that some Nouns can be used as Adjectives too? But not before changing them up. Here are two things to look out for when you create adjectives from nouns. Can you spot some of them in action in the passage?

Spellings may change when you’re forming adjectives.

Common mistakes happen with adjectives with -ing and -ed endings, which have different meanings.

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