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THE ADJECTIVES
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Speaking II
What is Adjective?
Adjective is a word that describe or modify a noun (another person or thing) in the
sentence.
Describe!
Describe!
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Types of Adective
1. Demonstrative Adjectives2. Interrogative Adjectives3. Indefinite Adjectives4. Personal titles5. Numbers
1. Demonstrative adjective
The adjectives that demonstrate and indicate something.
e.g: that, this, those, these
2. Interrogative Adjectives
An interrogative adjective is like an interrogative pronoun, except that it
modifies a noun or noun phrase rather than standing on its own.
e.g: which, what, where, when, who
3. Indefinite Adjectives
Indefinite adjectives do not point out specific things like demontrative
adjectives do. e.g: any, no, many, few, several
4. Personal titles
Personal titles such as Mrs., Mr., aunty, uncle, doctor, and Lord are
considered adjectives when they are attached to a noun.
5. Numbers
Numbers are also classified as adjectives.
ADJECTIVE ORDER CHART
Opinion Size Age Shape Color Nationality Material Purpose Noun
expensive small German racing car
pretty antique gold mirror
tiny round yellow flowers
long blonde hair
medium square checker board
little blue cardboard doll house
strong young American baseball player
tasty Italian food
noisy 4-year-old white Siamese cat
Exercise!Part I
• 1. Those are probably the ___________ curtains in the store. A. fancyestB. fanciestC. most fanciest
• 2. Uncle Carl is really ______________________ man. A. an old sweet B. a sweet, old C. a sweet old
• 3. The Karmen-Ghia used to be _________________ sportscar. A. a fine German B. a German, fine C. a fine, German
• 4. Everyone was home for the holidays. What could make for ___________ Christmas than that? A. a merryer B. the merriest C. a merrier
• 5. They grew up in ___________________ house in Mexico City. A. a comfortable, little B. a little, comfortable C. a comfortable little
Exercise!Part II• Which is the correct order?
– ? an old cotton dirty tie– ? a dirty old cotton tie– ? a cotton dirty old tie– ? a dirty cotton old tie
• Which is the correct order?– ? an old square wooden table– ? a wooden old square table– ? an old wooden square table– ? a square wooden old table
• Which is the correct order?– ? a thin small Canadian lady– ? a Canadian small thin lady– ? a small thin Canadian lady– ? a small Canadian thin lady
• Which is the correct order?– ? a beautiful blue sailing boat– ? a blue sailing beautiful boat– ? a blue beautiful sailing boat– ? a sailing beautiful blue boat
• Which is the correct order?– ? a new steel carving knife– ? a carving steel new knife– ? a new carving steel knife– ? a steel new carving knife
Sources1. Grammar monster.com. Link:
http://www.grammar-monster.com/lessons/adjectives.htm2. MacFadyen, Heather. Unniversity of Ottawa. Link:
http://www.writingcentre.uottawa.ca/hypergrammar/adjectve.html
3. Mastin Mallory, Kaye. English Zone. Link: http://www.lernado.it/english/english1/seconde_1/Adjective%20Order.htm
4. Guide to grammar and writing. Link: http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/cgi-shl/quiz.pl/adjectives_quiz.htm
5. University of Victoria, English Language Centre. Link: http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/adjord1.htm