GRAMMAR:ADJECTIVES

BY: AQILA MUNIRAH BINTI JAILANA132961

LET’S DISCOVER ADJECTIVES TOGETHER~!

ADJECTIVE

DEFINITIONTYPES

FORMATION

DEFINITION OF ADJECTIVES• ADJECTIVE is a part of speech that describe or modify

nouns or pronouns It gives the meaning to the noun

Adjectives help to illustrate what we are talking aboutEg:

That bag is colorfulHe’s a handsome man.

It makes your sentence more interesting and clearTry to compare these sentence:a) I saw a bird going into a houseb)I saw a blue bird going into a beautiful big red house

Handsome man

Colorful bag

MATERIAL

ORIGIN

COLORQU

ALITY

AGE

SHAPE

SIZE

OPINION

TYPES OF ADJECTIVE

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OPINION Describe what you think about

something or someone Include words such as beautiful, ugly,

serious, scary and etcE.g.: She looks beautiful in her school uniformDespite their cute appearance, monkeys may hurt people sometimes

I think I’m CUTE…

SIZE Describe sizes Includes Big, small, Fat, thin, thick and etcE.g.:

He finished reading that thick academic journal within 3 hoursHe used to be very fat before undergoing that diet and becoming this thin.

SHAPE Describe shapes and patterns Includes word such as circle, star shaped, checkered,

spherical and etcE.g.: He baked me a heart shaped cake on our anniversaryIt’s my first time seeing a spherical building.

AGE Describe how old or young someone/something is Includes words such as old, young, ancient, teenage

E.g.: She is still a teenagerErika is disappointed when she was forced to move into a very old house which used to belong to her grandmother.

QUALITY Answer the question ‘what kind of’ people or things you

are talking about. Includes words such as naughty, kind, caring, boring and

etcE.g.: I hate that movie because it is extremely boringDespite his cold attitude, he is very protective

Color Describe colors Include words like blue, red, colorful, colorless and

etcE.g:Most of my belongings are pink including my outfits and accessories.I don’t like those colorful shoes

Origin Describe where someone/something came from Include words such as Japanese, eastern, London,

AsianE.g.:I’ll be marrying a Japanese man next yearAsian people are very friendly.

MATERIALUsed to describe what the something

is made of Include words such as wood, plastic,

cotton, nylonE.g.:My plastic spoon was taken by that bullyFor tonight’s party, I’m wearing a silk dress We’ve seen different

types of adjectives and their examples. Could you

give more examples under each categories?

FORMING ADJECTIVESAdjectives can be formed from nouns

by adding certain suffixesSUFFIX NOUNS ADJECTIVES-AL Emotion, music,

person,….Emotional, musical, personal

-OUS Courage, suspicion, vigour,…

Courageous, suspicious, vigorous

-IVE Attract, inform, administer,…

Attractive, informative, administrative

-ATE Accuracy, passion, privacy

Accurate, passionate, private

-FUL Beauty, fright, play

Beautiful, frightful, playful

-TIC Democracy, journal, majesty

Democratic, journalistic, majestic

-IC Angel, hero, magnet

Angelic, heroic, magnetic

-ABLE Compare, note, respect

Comparable, notable, respectable

-LY Month, friend, night

Monthly, friendly, nightly

-ARY Complement, example, moment

Complementary exemplary, momentary

-ENT Difference, excellence, intelligence

Different, excellent, intelligent

-ANT Triumph, significance, defiance

Triumphant, significant, defiant

-LESS Rest, life, breath Restless, lifeless, breathless

Listen to these two rhymes and identify as much adjectives as you can. Make a sentence with the adjectives.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySFmgEBC-tg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9_nXlvY6Io

Exercise time~!

Describe these pictures using adjectives

Fill in the box to form adjectivesNoun Suffix AdjectivesLove -ble

SupplementaryAdequacy -atePrefer

Competitive-ive Impressive-less Useless

PatriotCulture

National

THANK YOU