ADJECTIVES
ADJECTIVE
Is a word that describes noun (proper or
common), or a pronoun with:
-what kind?
-which one?
-how many?
-how much?
Copy the adjectives used in the following
EXERCISE
statements. 1
1. I listen to mellow songs before I sleep.
2. The disgusting smell caused chaos.
3. Her blue basket was stolen earlier.
4. The eye-sore of this poor country is maltreated.
5. Spicy pizza is sold secretly.
6. Brilliant colors are removed form the list.
7. Orange is very juicy.
8. Reno, calm and decent, wins the first prize.
9. The basketball player broke his ankle.
10. Huge organs give me satisfaction.
DESCRIPTIVE and LIMITING
ADJECTIVES
1. Descriptive Adjectives
•
A.
B.
C.
D.
describe the characteristics of a noun or
pronoun. It may be the size or quality of the
modified noun or pronoun.
Proper Adjective
Common Adjective
Compound Adjective
Participles
A. Proper Adjective
• is formed from a proper noun which at times is
formed with the use of suffix endings like–n, an, -ian, -ese, and –ish. Proper adjectives begin
with a capital letter and are used as modifiers.
Examples:
1. I idolized the Korean performers.
2. A Japanese cuisine is served for dinner.
3. The British council rejected the new law.
4. Hindu literature is my favorite.
Common
Adjective
•B.
expresses
the ordinary
qualities of a noun.
Examples:
1. The white sand of Camiguin amazed me.
2. I need to breathe a fresh air.
3. I want to be soaked in a rest pool during winter.
4. The school registrar holds documents of students.
• is made up of more than one word which may
C.
Compound
Adjective
either be hyphenated or written as combined
words.
Examples:
1. The five-storey building collapsed during
earthquake.
2. An earthquake drill will be conducted today.
• may
either be present or past participle. Present
D.
Participles
participles end with –ing, while past participles
end with –n, en, -d, or, ed.
Examples:
1. The setting sun symbolizes my survival of the
day.
2. My broken heart needs time to mend.
3. Her painted wall is alluring.
Copy the descriptive adjective used in the
Exercise
2
sentence and label each type.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
My frozen body needs your hug.
The cool breeze reminds me of you.
You left my ten-kilogram heart with a scar.
It happened during our Persian war.
Can these two hearts beat together again?
2. Limiting Adjective
• either point out or denote the number of an
object.
A. Articles
B. Numerical Adjectives
C. Pronominal Adjectives
A. Articles
• indicate whether the noun used is definitely or
indefinitely.
DEFINITE – “the” ship
INDEFINITE – “an invitation, a plane”
The ship in the blue ocean vanished abruptly.
I gave you an invitation, right?
A plane has crashed.
B. Numerical Adjectives
• denote the exact number, rank, or position of a
noun.
Cardinal – zero, one, two, ten
Ordinal – first, third, seventh
My sister gave me five hundred Dirhams.
Last Christmas, was my first visit in Dubai.
• These are pronouns as modifiers, and have five
C.
Pronominal
Adjectives
classes:
a. Demonstrative Adjectives (this, that, those, these)
point out a definite person, place, or thing.
That student is my son.
These students are my children.
b. Possessive Adjectives (his, her, our, my, your, its,
their) denote ownership of a noun.
Will you be my wife?
Their noise annoys me.
c. Distributive Adjectives (each, every, either,
neither) refer to each person, place, orthing
separately.
Each bag needs an owner.
Every student in this class is special.
d. Indefinite Adjectives (all, another, any, few,
many, several, some) point out no particular
person, place or thing.
Several lessons are not essential to life.
Many teachers are exhausted.
Exercise 3
Copy all the limiting adjectives used in the
following statements and label each type as
article, numerical or pronominal.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
My mother just received her first book.
Those twenty polvorons are from goldilocks.
Could you be his last dance?
All people need a sweet caress.
Every woman needs her man in a shining
armor.
ORDER OF ADJECTIVES
1. Determiner (Articles, Possessive, Demonstratives,
Distributives, Indefinite)
2. Number
3. Quality Characteristics/Observation
4. Size
5. Shape
6. Age
7. Color
8. Origin
9. Material
10. Qualifier
Exercise
4
Arrange the following
adjectives correctly following
the Royal Order.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
square blue huge soft mattress
two green small these cozy
room
Pink Toshiba the expensive
laptop
youthful petite Filipina singing sensation Sara
third the flower antique big
h
vase