Adjectives

Adjectives

• Modify nouns or pronouns by limiting their meaning.

Adjectives

• Modify nouns or pronouns by limiting their meaning.

• An adjective tells what kind, which one, how many, or how much.

Examples

• red barn• interesting poem• these ideas• that notebook• romantic story• Irish ballad

•second time•cheese sandwich•seven apples•cracked pitcher•no excuse•football game •many cats

Different types of words can be used as adjectives:

• Possessive pronouns– (my, our, your, his, her, its, their)

– My kitten appears cute, but is actually quite rabid.– His book is filled with hexes.– The only thing I want is your money.

Different types of words can be used as adjectives:

• Demonstrative pronouns– (this, that, these, those)

– This door is the one you weren’t supposed to open.

– Those bars on the window cannot be broken.– These walls are three feet thick.

Different types of words can be used as adjectives:

• Indefinite pronouns

– Several windows had bars.– He didn’t have enough strength to break them.– He shed many tears.

Different types of words can be used as adjectives:

• Possessive nouns or any noun that modifies another noun

– Lola’s report was missing.– The leather briefcase had been ransacked.– The plate-glass window was smashed.

Different types of words can be used as adjectives:

• Present participle verbs (-ing) and past participle verbs (-ed or irregular) can also act as adjectives

– A spinning top is all you see at the end of that stupid movie. (You know what stupid movie I mean!)

– Some burned toast stunk up the whole house.– A fallen tree blocked his path.

Adjectives may appear in various positions in relation to the words they

modify.

• How suspenseful this movie is!• That suspenseful movie was very popular.• The movie is suspenseful.• The critics considered the movie suspenseful.• The movie, relentlessly suspenseful, ended

suddenly.

Forms of Adjectives

• Many adjectives have different forms to indicate their degree of comparison.

Forms of Adjectives

• Many adjectives have different forms to indicate their degree of comparison.

• The positive form = no comparison

Forms of Adjectives

• Many adjectives have different forms to indicate their degree of comparison.

• The positive form = no comparison• The comparative form = compares two things

Forms of Adjectives

• Many adjectives have different forms to indicate their degree of comparison.

• The positive form = no comparison• The comparative form = compares two things• The superlative form = compares more than

two things

Forms of Adjectives

Positive Comparative SuperlativeHappyColdGood, wellBadMany, muchLittleBeautiful

HappierColderBetterWorseMoreLessMore beautiful

HappiestColdestBestWorstMostLeastMost beautiful

Proper Adjectives

• Formed from a proper noun and begin with a capital letter

Proper Adjectives

• Formed from a proper noun and begin with a capital letter

– Vancouver is a Canadian city.– Her Victorian house is elaborate.– Mexican food is the best. – He escaped from the London Zoo.

Articles

• Indefinite articles = a, an– They refer to any one of a kind of noun. • An apple, a book, a car, an orangutan, a banana

Articles

• Indefinite articles = a, an– They refer to any one of a kind of noun. • An apple, a book, a car, an orangutan, a banana

• Definite article = the– It refers to a specific noun• the book, the ring, the elephant, the apple

Write a scenario

using adjectives.

Write a scenario using nouns as adjectives.

Write a scenario using possessive pronouns and possessive nouns as adjectives.

Write a scenario using verbs as adjectives.

Write a scenario using demonstrative pronouns as adjectives.

Write a scenario using comparative and superlative adjectives.

Write a scenario using proper adjectives.