AdjectivesPart 1

Today You Will Learn:

The two main types of adjectives – limiting & descriptive.

What “determiners” are.

How to tell if a word is an adjective or not.

About Proper Adjectives.

Adjectives An adjective is a word used to modify a

noun or pronoun.

An adjective often answers one of these questions:

What kind?

Which one?

How much? How many?

Limiting Adjectives Determiners are adjectives that indicate

which noun is being discussed.

Articles: a, an, the

Demonstratives: this, those, that, these

Numbers

Possessives: his, her, their, our, its, your, my

Indefinites: some, few, many, several, no, any, etc.

Limiting Adjectives Limiting Adjectives must occur before a

noun; otherwise they are considered a Pronoun.

Adjective: This cord is frayed.

Pronoun: This must be changed.

Adjective: Some onions lay on the table.

Pronoun: Some were not invited.

Descriptive Adjectives

Descriptive adjectives describe the noun being discussed.

They answer the question “WHAT KIND?”

How could you describe an apple?

shiny, red, round, tasty, delicious, sweet

How could you describe a dog?

fluffy, furry, happy, stinky, energetic

Common Endings Sometimes you can recognize an adjective by

its ending (suffix):

ous dangerous, courageous, famous

ful cheerful, beautiful, sorrowful

able remarkable, capable, adorable

y silly, watery, rainy

ible incredible, irresistible, deductible

ive creative, productive, secretive

less priceless, penniless, sugarless

al special, final, postal

Proper Adjectives Proper Adjectives are descriptive words

derived from proper nouns.

They will be capitalized, just like the proper nouns.

Switzerland Swiss

Mexico Mexican

China Chinese

Sometimes the form will change, sometimes it will not.