A Natural High
"Yup so adjectives go with nouns, and adverbs go with verbs...see it's really easy," gushed Flan, her voice going hoarse, her hands reaching for the cool glass of perrier in reflex."...determiners go with nouns....so take a simple phrase like 'a natural high', identify the different forms for me," Flan smiled encouragingly.
Silence.
"...ok, so where is the noun? First you find the noun, it's....."high", right? Very good!" (even though the boy hasn't uttered a word)
"Now that you have found the noun, the rest should be easy. What is 'natural'?"
"Adjective!" exclaimed Bryan.
"and 'a'?" Flan continued relentlessly.
"Determiner!" Bryan replied fervently.
"Yes! You are so smart. See, it's really easy. All you have to do is identify the noun, right? Ok, what's wrong, you look confused...tell me..."
"er.... what is this meaning? High? Tall? 'High' is adjective..."
Flan grinned. Welcome to the world of English.
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