By Evangeline Hdez. 2016
ADJECTIVES
WHAT IS AN ADJECTIVE? ADJECTIVES ARE WORDS THAT DESCRIBE OR MODIFY OTHER WORDS, MAKING YOUR WRITING AND SPEAKING MUCH MORE SPECIFIC, AND A WHOLE LOT MORE INTERESTING. WORDS LIKE SMALL, BLUE, AND SHARP ARE DESCRIPTIVE, AND THEY ARE ALL EXAMPLES OF ADJECTIVES. BECAUSE ADJECTIVES ARE USED TO IDENTIFY OR QUANTIFY INDIVIDUAL PEOPLE AND UNIQUE THINGS, THEY ARE USUALLY POSITIONED BEFORE THE NOUN OR PRONOUN THAT THEY MODIFY. SOME SENTENCES CONTAIN MULTIPLE ADJECTIVES.
TYPES OF ADJECTIVES 1. Descriptive/Qualitative Fat, blue, nice, hot, young, round, long early 2. Demostrative This, that, these, those 3. Quantitative Some, any, many, much
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Interrogative Which?, What?, Where?, How?
5. Possessive My, your, his, our 6. Numeric
One, four, first, third
Adjective Examples In the following examples, the highlighted words are adjectives: They live in a big, beautiful Since it’s a hot day, Lisa is wearing a sleeveless
The mountaintops are covered in sparkling On her birthday, Brenda received an antique vase filled with fragrant 1. The adjective usually comes before the name. In some cases they depend on the verb and then the adjective is placed after the verb. These verbs are: To be,
Ejemplos:
She looks (seems) tired
To look
I feel good.
To become
It smells bad.
To seem
You are beautiful.
To taste To feell To smell
2. The adjective English has no gender fast, good, cold, tall
In general, the adjectives do not have a plural form. Only demonstrative and quantitative adjectives have different forms for the singular and the plural. Demostratives The pencil These pencils Cuantitatives Much mony Many books 4. We can use two or more adjectives together. Examples: • A small black book • A pretty Spanish woman • A glass table • A wonderful old city 3.
PRACTICE Find the adjective or adjectives that fit in each of the blanks best. We visited the museum, where we saw ____________ artifacts. A lot of Ancient John’s
A room filled with I received ______________ awards at the ceremony today. The manager’s Two Information about Motivation at the Please get me a bag of ____________ apples. Interesting Ripe red Oranges and Real
The president sat in a _______________ chair.
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