Which sentence contains coordinate adjectives?
A. Mr. Tanner is an inspiring, smart, energetic science teacher.
B. Mr. Tanner is an amazing seventh-grade science teacher.
C. Mr. Tanner is a new science teacher at Windsor Middle School.
D. Mr. Tanner is my sister's seventh-grade science teacher at Windsor Middle School.
A. Mr. Tanner is an inspiring, smart, energetic science teacher.
Which sentence contains coordinate adjectives?
A. Mr. Tanner is an inspiring, smart, energetic science teacher.
B. Mr. Tanner is an amazing seventh-grade science teacher.
C. Mr. Tanner is a new science teacher at Windsor Middle School.
D. Mr. Tanner is my sister's seventh-grade science teacher at Windsor Middle School.
A. Mr. Tanner is an inspiring, smart, energetic science teacher.
The sentence that contains coordinate adjectives is A. "Mr. Tanner is an inspiring, smart, energetic science teacher."
Coordinate adjectives are two or more adjectives that modify the same noun independently, without referring to each other. The key to identifying coordinate adjectives is that they can be rearranged or have "and" placed between them without changing the meaning of the sentence.
Looking at the options:
A. "Mr. Tanner is an inspiring, smart, energetic science teacher." - This sentence contains coordinate adjectives because "inspiring," "smart," and "energetic" can be rearranged and placed with "and" between them. For example, we can say, "Mr. Tanner is an inspiring and smart and energetic science teacher."
B. "Mr. Tanner is an amazing seventh-grade science teacher." - This sentence does not contain coordinate adjectives because "amazing" and "seventh-grade" are not independent of each other. We cannot say, "Mr. Tanner is an amazing and seventh-grade science teacher" without changing the meaning.
C. "Mr. Tanner is a new science teacher at Windsor Middle School." - This sentence does not contain coordinate adjectives because there is only one adjective, "new," that modifies the noun "science teacher."
D. "Mr. Tanner is my sister's seventh-grade science teacher at Windsor Middle School." - This sentence does not contain coordinate adjectives because there is only one adjective, "seventh-grade," that modifies the noun "science teacher."
Therefore, the sentence that contains coordinate adjectives is sentence A: "Mr. Tanner is an inspiring, smart, energetic science teacher."