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1. Which one? (yellow, the, that)2. What kind? (furry, plastic, special)3. How many? (sixteen, several, many)4. Whose? (Caroline's, his, its, John's)
Limits or points out a noun. There are five kinds of
them.Articles
DemonstrativePossessiveIndefinite
Numerical adjectives
AAnThe
“The”= definite article - it points out specific person,
place, or thing.-can be used before both
singular and plural nouns.Ex. The cat.
The houses.
A & an = Indefinite articles.-they do not points out as specific
people, places, or things.-can only be used before singular nouns.
EX. a book
an elephant“A game” consonant sound.
“An ant” vowel sound.
Modify a noun or a pronoun.Show ownerships of a noun. Answer the question whose?
Possessive pronouns such as my, her, his, your, its, our function as adjectives.
Demonstrate or point out a noun . They are the same words as the
demonstrative pronouns. there are four demonstrat ives:
ThisThatTheseThose
Use this or that with singular nouns.Use these and those with plural nouns.
The sweaters are in that drawer. This boy is a member of the club.
These filthy clothes need to be washed. Did you iron these shirts?Those boxes are full of junk. I always enjoy reading those books.
Tells us about the quantity of the noun.
They often tell “how many” or “how much” of something.
There are seventeen of them:All, any, another, both, each, either,
few, little, many, more, most, much, neither, one, other, several, some.
They are words used to ask questions that indicate the noun that is being talked about.
Three of them were also interrogative pronouns.
WhichWhatwhose
Example:
Which bike is yours?“Which” describes the word “bike.”
Proper adjectives start with capital letters just like proper nouns. In fact, proper adjectives are made from proper nouns.
They normally answer the adjective question, What kind?
Proper nounAmerica France ChinaJapanPhilippines
Proper adjectivesAmericanFrenchChineseJapaneseFilipino
Sometimes adjective complete certain verb and some after the nouns w/c they modify.
Examples: The man is happy.The girl looks beautiful. Some of the verbs that are often followed by
adjectives are: is, am, are, was, were, fell, become, look, seem, grow.
The same word may be used as a noun or as an adjective according to its use in the sentence.
Examples:1.Leonia is a good girl. (adj.) The good is always rewarded. (noun)2. He is a wise man. (adj.)
A word to the wise is enough. (noun)
Before the noun it modifies ( usually a single word modifies)
Example:Blue arm chairTen dozen
After the noun it modifies ( usually a phrase or subordinate clause)
Example:The girl in blue.The girl who is in the blue is the miss
universe .
After a linking verb in a S-LV-C pattern.Example:The boys are noisy. Adjectives
S LV C
After a direct object in an S-TV-DO-OC pattern.
Example:The followers called their leader a hero.
s TV DO OC ADJECTIVES
Is the method by which an adjective may be made to express a greater or a lesser degree of the same quality.
1. Positive degree- stating the quality of one person, place, animal, or thing.
2. Comparative degree- comparing two persons, places, animals, or things.
3. Superlative degree- comparing three or more persons, places, animals, or things.
a. Adjectives having one or two syllables from their comparative degrees by adding er to the positive degree and to form their superlative degrees by adding est to the positive degree.
Example:Tall- taller- tallestNarrow- narrower- narrowest
b. Adjectives having three or more syllables from their comparative degree by prefixing more to show a greater degree of quality and less to show a lesser degree of quality . To form the superlative degree prefix most to show the greatest of quality and least to show the lowest degree of quality.
Ex. Beautiful- more beautiful- most beautiful
or less beautiful- least beautiful.
c. Some adjectives from their comparatives and superlatives degree by changing the spelling.
Example: Good- better- bestBad- worse- worst
d. Some adjectives ending in y form their comparative degrees by changing y to I and adding er; and to form their superlatives degrees by changing y to I and adding est.
Example:Happy- happier- happiestEasy- easier- easiest
Posit ive Comparative Superlative ambit ious more ambitious most ambit ious cold colder coldest comfortable more comfortable most comfortable dry drier driest enchanting more enchanting most enchanting funny funnier funniest hot hotter hottest organized more organized most organized pretty prett ier prett iest radiant more radiant most radiant sharp sharper sharpest wavy wavier waviest
Positive Comparative Superlative
ambitious more ambitious most ambitious
cold colder coldest
comfortablemore comfortable
most comfortable
dry drier driest
enchantingmore enchanting
most enchanting
funny funnier funniest
hot hotter hottest
organized more organized most organized
pretty prettier prettiest
radiant more radiant most radiant
sharp sharper sharpest
wavy wavier waviest
Positive Comparative Superlative
hot hotter hottest
organized more organized most organized
pretty prettier prettiest
radiant more radiant most radiant
sharp sharper sharpest
wavy wavier waviest
“OPSHACOM”
1.Opinion: lazy, good, bad, nice, fine, simple,
modern, ordinary, extraordinary, etc.2.Shape: round, square, rectangular, circle,
triangle,
3. Age :
new, novel, old, latest, aged, fresh, stale, musty, decayed, recent etc.
4.Colour:White, black, Red, Blue, Brown,
Violet, Pink, Orange, Yellow.
5. Origin: Indian. American, Gujarati, Australian, British, English, Spanish, etc.
6. Material: wooden, iron., metal, silver, golden, plastic, paper, liquid, rubber
Examples:I have a nice square old brown
Indian wooden table.She has a black and white T.V.
( adjectives of same type are joined by ‘and’)
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