Adjectives – a word that describes a noun or a pronoun.
Adjectives answer 3 Questions:
Which one?
Ex. I’ll take that dress.
Which one? That one.
What kind?
Ex. Bob spotted a huge monster in the cave.
What kind of monster? Huge
How many?
Ex. I would like six ice cream cones.
How many? Six
Demonstrative Adjectives - This, that, these and those are
called demonstrative adjectives.
 They point out (demonstrate) nouns.
 They always answer the question which one(s)?
Ex.
These cookies taste great.
Which cookies taste great? These
 This, that, these, and those can also act as pronouns.
Demonstrative pronouns are not followed by nouns as
demonstrative adjectives are. Demonstrative pronouns
take the place of nouns.
Demonstrative adjectives
Ex. Give me that comic book.
Ex. I’ll give you this baseball card.
Demonstrative pronouns
Ex. Give me that.
Ex. I’ll give you this.
Common Adjective – not capitalized.
Ex. soft, colorful, red…
Proper Adjective – made from a proper noun. It is always
capitalized.
Examples:
Proper Noun
China
Ireland
Proper Adjective
Chinese food
Irish dancing
She’s a Hollywood actress with a Texas accent who loves
Idaho potatoes, New England clam chowder, and Maine
lobster.
Where an Adjective Goes in a Sentence
 Usually an adjective comes in front of the noun it is
describing.
Ex. The gigantic creature was hiding in the scary cave.
 But an adjective can also come after a linking verb and
describe the subject of the sentence. Then it’s called a
Predicate Adjective.
Ex. The creature was gigantic.
Articles: A, An, The
Comparison of Adjectives: Positive, Comparative, and Superlative
Positive Degree
(describing one)
Comparative Degree
(comparing two)
great
disgusting
Superlative Degree
(comparing more than two)
greater
more disgusting
greatest
most disgusting
How to Compare Adjectives

Ex.
Add er or est to short adjectives of one syllable (and sometimes two syllables).
short
shorter
shortest
 If a one- or two-syllable adjective ends with a consonant and y, change the y to I,
then add er and est.
Ex.
happy
ugly

Ex.
Ex.
Ex.
littlest
more alert
most alert
more beautiful
most beautiful
more interesting most interesting
Some adjectives are irregular and don’t follow these rules.
good
Bad
Many

littler
Put more and most in front of longer adjectives (two, three, or more syllables).
alert
Beautiful
Interesting

happiest
ugliest
If a short adjective ends with e, just add r and st.
little

happier
uglier
better
worse
more
best
worst
most
Don’t add er or est at the same time you use more or most.