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What is an Adjective?

• An adjective is a word that describes or limits a noun or a pronoun.

Types of Adjectives

Descriptive Adjectives

LIMITING ADJECTIVES

Descriptive Adjectives

A descriptive adjective is an adjective that describes a noun or a pronoun.

• A proper adjective is an adjective that is formed from a proper noun.

• A common adjective is an adjective that expresses qualities of a noun or pronoun.

Proper Adjectives• Columbian harbor• French flag• Olympic team• Canadian railroad • Scottish ballad

Common Adjectives• deep harbor• silk flag • pale light• elm tree• dusty lane

LIMITING ADJECTIVES

• Limiting adjectives may be: numerical adjectives ( one, six, twenty-five)

pronominal adjectives ( used as a pronoun)

articles ( the, a and an)

Pronominal Adjectives• this, that, these, those• my, our , yours, his, her, its, their,

whose• each, every, either, neither• any, all, another, both, few, many,

several, some, such, much• which, what

Other Types of Adjectives

A demonstrative adjective is an adjective that points out a definite person, place or thing. A possessive adjective is that denotes ownership.A distributive adjective is an adjective that refers to each person, place or thing separately.

Other Types of Adjectives

• An indefinite adjective is an adjective that points out no particular person, place or thing.

• An interrogative adjective is an adjective that is used in asking a question.

Types of Adjectives

• DemonstrativeThis message will delight Marsha.• PossessiveHas your story been accepted. • DistributiveEach task has its own difficulties.

Types of Adjectives

• IndefiniteMany varieties of fruit were on display.

• Interrogative Whose umbrella is this?