ADJECTIVES

Ex:

Good

Bad

She is a pretty girl.

The small boat foundered

on the wine dark sea.

These are words that tells us something about a noun. It modify a noun , pronoun, by describing, identifying, or quantifying words .

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Ex:

Adjective can be modified by an adverb, or phrase or clause functioning as an adverb

My husband knits intricately patterned mittens Micky is a friendly

comic cartoon.

 

Modify only the noun they are right next to.

1.ATTRIBUTIVE ADJECTIVES

Ex: The blue sea

Happy children

Ex: The cats are

dancing.

2. PREDDICATIVE ADJECTIVE

Modify the subject of the sentence. Notice that predicative adjectives do not occur immediately after the noun. Instead, they follow a verb.  

The animals are happy

3. ABSOLUTE ADJECTIVES

These can’t take a comparative or superlative, not belong to a larger construction, typically modify the subject of a sentence.

Ex: Pregnant NOT more pregnant Red NOT more red Perfect NOT more perfect

3. NOMINAL ADJECTIVES Certain adjectives are

used to denote a class by describing one of the attributes of the class. These act almost as nouns.Ex: The old

The sick

Ex: The Lyon and his friend.

Possesive adjectives

These show to whom belong something, not the possessor. This is your toy

INTERROGATIVE ADJECTIVES

Which What Whose

It modifies a Noun or Noun phrase rather than standing on its own

Ex: What book are you reading?

DEMONSTRATIVE ADJECTIVES

It is used to clarify the substantive or what we

refer to in a sentence. The demonstrativeadjectives that, these, this, those, and

whatanswer the question "Which?" This:This car, here, is mine.

This house is too small for me.

DEMONSTRATIVE ADJECTIVES

That:That car, there, is yours.

That house was comfortable.

DETERMINERS ADJECTIVES

These:These mangoes are very sweet.

Those:Those jackets are so expensive

DISTRIBUTIVE ADJECTIVES

Each: Number of person or things considered individually.

Ex: Each house has two doors.

Every: All the people or things of a group.Ex: Every men is intelligent.

Neither: Means not one and not the other´.

Ex: Neither of them play football

Either: Means ´any one of two´. Ex: He will arrive either Sunday or

Monday

ADJECTIVES OF QUANTITY An adjective of quantity answers the question how much.

SOME/ ANY Some: It can be used in positive

phrases. Ex: I need some books

Any: : It can be used in negative phrases or questions.

Ex: Do you have any questions?

NO / NONE: It can be used with affirmative verbs to express negation.

Ex: I have no time I have none

MANY/ MUCH MANY: It´s used with countable plural

nounEx: I made many mistakes MUCH: It´s used with uncountable

noun. I don´t have much money

LITTLE / FEW Little: It´s used before uncountable

noun.Ex: He drinks a little milk

Few: It´s used with countable plural noun.

Ex: They have few bottles

PERSONAL TITLES

Mr. Mrs. Aunt. NAME Uncle. Dr.Are classified as adjectives when they are atacched to a name.Ex: The day after tomorrow, you can visit

Aunt Pauline and Uncle Joe.

PROPER ADJECTIVES Nationalities

Bloq mayús

Ex: Spanish, French, Iranian, Turkish

COMPOUND ADJECTIVES

Personality

- a hard-working person

-a stuck-up model

COMPOUND ADJECTIVES

Body a fair-haired girl

a dark-skinned person

COMPOUND ADJECTIVES

Quantity a five-dollar bill

- a four-day journey

PARTICIPLE ADJECTIVES

The adjectives ending in – ing have the meaning of “causing a reaction” Adjectives ending in – ed refer to “experiencing a reaction or feeling”

EXAMPLE:

I saw an interesting movie about Houdini. I was very interested in the story of his life.Mary’s reaction was very surprising.I was very surprised by his reaction.

NUMERAL ADJECTIVES

Cardinal numbers

These are a generalization of the

natural numbers. Tells how many. Example:

1-one 2 - two

Number Formatio

nQuantity that is expressed in terms of two

or more different words.

Example:103 one

hundred three5,007 five thousand

seven

Ordinal Number

Quantify accurately the noun. They are divided in three groups:

IRREGULAR ADJECTIVES

POSITIVE GoodBad

Little ManyFar

EXAMPLE :She is a good driverShe has long hair than her motherMarcos is the best student in the University

COMPARATIVEBetterWorseLess

More Farther

SUPERLATIVE Best

WorstLeastMost

farthest

MAKING COMPARISONS Equality and Inequality

COMPARISONS OF EQUALITY

as ... asnot so ... asnot as ... as(not) as much ... as(not) as many ... asthe same ... as

EXAMPLE:Jane is not so beautiful as MaryCarlos has the same book as Pablo

COMPARISONS OF

INEQUALITY

Less adjective ==> less

beautiful thanIt was much less interesting than I

thought.

More adjective ==> more

elegant thanChinese is much

more difficult than English.

Adjective + er than ==> faster than

Today is hotter than yesterday.

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