A noun may be added to another noun precisely like an adjective.

Exercise 125. Review

In what ways may nouns be added to other nouns; that is, be used as adjective adjuncts?

Show in sentences that nouns may be used as possessive modifiers of the subject, of the predicate attribute, or of the object.

Show that pronouns may be used in the same ways.

Write three sentences in which nouns are used precisely like adjectives.

Write one sentence containing a possessive modifier, an appositive, and a noun used more nearly like an adjective.

II. Nouns and Pronouns Used as Adverbial Adjuncts.

Exercise 126. Development

1. She went home.

Analyze the sentence. What part of speech is the word home? Since it shows where the going stopped, to what must it be added? What part of speech is the word went? Then what part of speech is the noun home used like?

2. The book is worth a dollar.

If you choose one word for the predicate attribute, what word must you choose? What part of speech is the word worth? What does the word dollar show? Since it measures the worth, it must be added to the adjective worth. What part of speech is it used like?

3. She came an hour ago.

If you choose one word to tell when she came, what word must you choose? Then what part of speech is the word ago? What part of speech is the word hour? What does the noun hour show? Since it shows how long ago, to what must it be added? Then what part of speech is it used like?

4. She came nearer me.

What part of speech is the word nearer? Why? What part of speech is the word me? (Since the pronoun me shows to what she came nearer, it must be added to the adverb nearer).

Like what part of speech are the words home, dollar, hour, and me used in these sentences?