They woresummer dresses for the outing.‘Summer’ is an adjective modifying ‘dresses’.
She bought new dresses for thesummer.‘Summer’ is a noun.
The girls disliked theirschool uniform.‘School’ is an adjective modifying ‘uniform’.
Theirschool was burgled last week.‘School’ is a noun.
Borrowing the present participle
The present participle which ends in ‘ing’ can also be used as
an adjective if it is placed before a noun to describe it.
The mother picked up thecrying baby.
The child was frightened of thebarking dog.
The plumber mended thedripping tap.
She stared sadly at thepouring rain.Starting with capital letters
When forming an adjective from a proper nounalwaysstart
with a capital letter.
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