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- à 3.3èProper Nouns as Adjectives
- ä:èUnderline a proper adjective in the sentence in the
- êêïExample.
- â:
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- #èThe ╕Minnesota╗ Vikings are a well-known professional football team.
- #éS ╖Minnesota ╗is a proper adjective.ïProper nouns often function
- as proper adjectives when they refer to another noun.ïFor example,
- all the names of sports teams begin with proper nouns (names of cities)
- #that function as proper adjectives: ║Los╗ ║Angele║s╗ ╖Raiders, ║Chicago╗
- #╖Bulls, ║New╗ ║England╗ ╖Patriots, ║Ne║w╗ ║York╗ ╖Yankees.╗ïSometimes a
- proper noun used as a proper adjective precedes the noun it describes:
- #╖I saw the ║Chinese╗ ╖diplomat sip tea.╗ïAt other times, proper nouns
- come after the linking verb, connecting it to the noun it refers to:
- #╖The diplomat sipping tea was ╗║Chinese╗╖╗╖. ╗
- 1.èWhich one of the following sentences contains a proper noun
- that functions as a proper adjective?
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- A)ïHenry VIII was an English king who desperately wanted a male child.
- B)ïI once visited the Pope.
- C)ï"The Jerk" features Steve Martin.
- D)ïå
- #ü ╢English ╗is a proper noun used as a proper adjective describing
- #╢╢king.ï╗In that same sentence, ╖Henry VIII╗ is a proper noun acting as
- #the subject of the sentence.ïIn another sentence, the ╖Pope╗ is a pro-
- per noun used as a direct object.ïThe remaining sentence contains the
- #title of a movie (╖"The Jerk"╗) as a proper noun acting as the subject
- #of the sentence, and ╖Steve Martin╗ is a proper noun used as the direct
- #object of the verb ╖features╗ in that same sentence.
- Ç A
- 2.èWhich one of the following sentences contains a proper noun
- that functions as a proper adjective?
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- A)ïBorden's is a company selling dairy products.
- B)ïThe music sounded Hungarian.
- C)ïThe Sandersons love elegant dining.
- D)ïå
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- #êï╖╢Hungarian╗ is a proper noun used as a proper adjective.ïIt
- #describes a kind of ╢music╗.ïIn another sentence, ╖Borden's╗ is a pos-
- #sessive noun acting as a subject of the verb ╖is╗.ï╖Sandersons╗ is a
- #proper noun acting as the subject of the verb ╖love╗ in the remaining
- sentence.
- Ç B
- 3.èWhich one of the following sentences contains two proper
- nouns that function as proper adjectives?
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- A)ïItalian opera is famous worldwide.
- B)ïMy niece was born in a valley.
- C)ïThe French immigrant was part German.
- D)ïå
- #üè╢French ╗and ╢German ╗are both proper nouns used as proper
- #adjectives.ï╢French╗ describes ╢immigrant╗, the noun it precedes, and ╢
- #╢German ╗too describes ╢immigrant╗, but it is located after the linking
- #verb ╢was╗.ïIn another sentence, ╖Italian ╗is the only proper noun used
- as a proper adjective.ïThe remaining sentence contains no proper nouns
- #at all; ╖niece╗ and ╖valley╗ are common nouns.
- Ç C
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