2.05 BANGS Adjectives

Introduction

I before E, except after C... but what about height, weird, caffeine, and protein?

When two vowels go walking, the first one does the talking... except in bread, poem, canoe, and guest.

The past tense of play is played; the past tense of watch is watched... but the past tense of see is saw, and the past tense of go is went.

One dog, two dogs; one cat, two cats, but one mouse, two mice, and one sheep, two... sheep?

And tomb, bomb, and comb are all spelled the same... so why don't they rhyme?

Just when you think you understand the rules, here comes an exception! English isn’t the only language with exceptions. French has exceptions, too. In fact, all languages do! However, you must not let the exceptions get in your way. There are usually only a few exceptions per topic, so you can handle that, right?

In this lesson, you will learn about a few adjectives that serve as exceptions. In the previous lesson, you learned that adjectives are normally placed after the nouns they describe, but there are a few adjectives, which are known as BANGS adjectives, that must be placed before the noun. Wait --- does that sound familiar? In English, we also place the adjective before the noun, so this will make the exception even easier to remember.