Identify Adjectives Part 4

The job or function of a word is what gives the label for its part of speech. English has eight parts of speech which are:

 

1. Noun

2. Pronoun

3. Verb

4. Adjective

5. Adverb

6. Preposition

7. Conjunction    

8. Interjection

 

An adjective is a word that tells about a noun. It answers the question what kind or how many.

 

The small baby smiled. (what kind)

She carried some books. (how many)