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What three questions do adjectives answer about the words they modify?

Adjectives answer three main questions about the words they modify:

1. What kind? This describes the quality or type of the noun.

* Example: "The red car" (What kind of car? Red)

2. How many? This describes the quantity of the noun.

* Example: "Three small dogs" (How many dogs? Three. What kind of dogs? Small)

3. Which one? This describes the specific noun being referred to.

* Example: "That shiny bike" (Which bike? The shiny one)

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