An adjective describes
a noun or a pronoun.
An adjective answers:
What kind?
Which one?
How many?
Example:
happy dog
tired boy
seven girls
Rules of adjectives
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ADJECTIVE RULES:
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1. Adjectives can come before nouns: a new car
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2. Adjectives can come after verbs such as be, become,
seem, look, etc.: That car looks fast! (linking verb)
3. They can be modified by adverbs: a very expensive car
They can be used as complements to a noun: The extras
make the car expensive. (complements = predicate
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adjectives)
Types of adjectives
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1. Adjectival Noun
An Adjective can sometimes function as a
Noun; the young, the rich, etc. These are
Adjectival Nouns, meaning the people who
are young, the people who are rich, etc.
2. Attributive Adjective
An attributive adjective comes before a
noun and not after a copula verb, like BE,
SEEM, etc.
Types of adjectives
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1. Common Adjective
A common adjective is an adjective that is not written with
a capital letter. Most adjectives are common- ones that are
written with a capital letter are proper adjectives.
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2. Demonstrative Adjectives
Demonstrative adjectives (this, that, these, those) show
whether the noun they refer to is singular or plural and
whether it is located near to or far from the speaker or
writer.
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3. Possessive Adjectives
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My, your, his, her, its, our, and their are the
English possessive adjectives, used with
nouns to show possession or ownership.
EG. That's my folder. (My is an adjective
which shows that I am the owner of the
folder.)
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4. Predicative Adjectives
A predicative adjective comes after a copula verb
(linking verb) and not before a noun. A predicate
adjective follows a linking verb and describes your
subject! Mrs. Killian is …….
5. Proper Adjective
A proper adjective is an adjective that is written with a
capital letter. They are often derived from proper nouns:
A Japanese camera- Japanese is derived from the proper
noun Japan.
This is not always the case:
Native Americans- Native is not derived from a proper
noun, but is capitalized as the words together form the
name of the group of people.
Types of adjectives cont.
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8. Ordinary adjectives that are not written
with a capital letter are common adjectives.
9. Resultative Adjectives
A resultative adjective is an adjective that is
placed postpositively (after the noun it
modifies) and reflects a change that occurs
by action of the verb on the noun. Hence
result +ative. He cooked the meat rare.
She painted the fence white.
She rinsed the glass clean
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To find an adjective you need
to locate the nouns first.
Three happy children played at the park.
The donkey stepped on my large hat.
The child was brave.
Can you find the adjectives?
First find the nouns…
We saw the gray elephant at the zoo.
Then ask, “What words describe the nouns?”
WHAT KIND?
WHICH ONE?
HOW MANY?
Can you find the adjectives?
First find the nouns…
The rabbit followed the slow turtle.
Then ask, “What words describe the nouns?”
WHAT KIND?
WHICH ONE?
HOW MANY?
Can you find the adjectives?
First find the nouns…
He found two pennies on the ground.
Then ask, “What words describe the nouns?”
WHAT KIND?
WHICH ONE?
HOW MANY?
Can you find the adjectives?
First find the nouns…
The children heard the loud bell.
Then ask, “What words describe the nouns?”
WHAT KIND?
WHICH ONE?
HOW MANY?
Can you find the adjectives?
First find the nouns…
The brown dog growled at the tall man.
Then ask, “What words describe the nouns?”
WHAT KIND?
WHICH ONE?
HOW MANY?