4. ADJECTIVE
⦁ It is a part of speech we used to modify,
describe, or limit a noun or a pronoun.
⦁ It qualifies the meaning of a noun or pronoun
by providing information about its appearance,
location, and so on.
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5. Big concept
WHAT KIND?
WHICH ONE?
HOW MANY?
HOW MUCH?
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Green fields
the left window
six lobsters
extensive rainfall
14. “
PROPER ADJECTIVE
Monday – Monday morning
San Francisco – San Francisco Street
Denmark – Danish porcelain
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15. PRONOUN USED AS
ADJECTIVE
The seven personal pronouns, known
as either possessive adjectives or
possessive pronouns fill two
capacities in a sentence.
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20. Each cruiser flew a flag.
Several choirs competed for top
honors.
We appreciate any donations.
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21. 3.2
DRILL
Each individual has a purpose in life.
Each of the individuals has a purpose in
life.
Some of the people are good dancers
Some people are good dancers.
That horse is an imported one.
That is an imported horse.
22. VERB USED AS
ADJECTIVE
It usually ends in – ing or – ed and are
called PARTICIPLE.
I picked up the crying baby.
They were enlightened parents.
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23. Regular Function As an adjective
NOUN The DECK of the boat
tilted.
I sat in the DECK chair.
PRONOUN THIS was an idyllic life. THIS life is idyllic.
VERB I WAXED the table. The WAXED table
shone.
31. Possessive Adjective
- Their presentation earned praises.
Distributive Adjective
- Each employee was given a day off.
Indefinite Adjective
- Many pupils were awarded
certificates of perfect attendance.
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32. Demonstrative Adjective
- These fruits and vegetables came
from our farm.
Interrogative Adjective
- Which number do you like best?
Intensive Adjective
- The very heart of New York is
Manhattan.
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33. practice drill
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1. Identify the descriptive adjective in the
sentence, then tell whether it’s ATTRIBUTIVE or
PREDICATIVE adjective.
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1. The interested professor listened to what his
students have to say.
2. The operating system can be difficult to learn.
3. The thick, asphalt surface should last five
years or more.
4. The failed component looked bad.
5. Joel is irritated by the statements of his friend.
35. practice drill
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1. Count the descriptive adjectives
2. Count the limiting adjectives
3. Identify the word modified by the adjectives.
36. practice drill
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1. One pretty sailboat had a red sail.
2.The shy pretty cat had three adorable kittens.
3. The Beatles dressed bright and informal.
4. Three yellow – breasted birds flew away.
5. A lone tree shades the old cabin.
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1. The president has already left.
2. Several questions were raised in the forum.
3. Six golden rings were lost.
4. Both applicants are qualified.
5. Each pupil needs to study hard.
Adjectives add details about the nouns or pronouns they modify and usually precede those nouns and pronouns. Additionally, English has no plural form for adjectives,
Adjective can answer the four questions about a noun or a pronoun.
When an adjective modifies a noun, it usually precedes the noun.
When an adjective modifies a noun, it usually precedes the noun.
Many words we normally think of as nouns, pronouns, verbs are also used as adjectives
For example, if the word modifies a noun, then it is functioning as an adjective. If that same word replaces a noun, then it is functioning as a pronoun. Or if the word names a person, animal, place, thing etc, then it is functioning as a noun. In the sentence on the screen, the word HIS is a personal pronoun used as adjective modifying the noun RESTAURANT.
The word HIS as functional qualities of both a PRONOUN and an ADJECTIVE. The word HIS obviously replaces a noun ( a male antecedent in some prior sentence) which clearly a pronoun function; and at the same time, the word HIS modifies the noun restaurant which clearly an adjective function. Similarly, TENDERLOIN names a very tasty and expensive part of a cow, so it functions as a noun and it also modifies the steak which gives us the idea that the steak is tasty and expensive so it functions as an adjective. That’s is what such dual function adjectives are sometimes called adjectival nouns or adjectival pronouns. The adjective CHEAPER is just a plain ordinary adjective.
Words that are usually nouns sometimes act as adjectives. In this case the noun answers WHAT KIND or WHICH ONE about another noun.
Adjectives can also be proper. Proper adjectives are proper nouns used as adjectives or adjectives formed from proper nouns. They usually begin with capitals/
They act as pronouns because they have antecedent. They act as adjectives because they modify nouns by answering which one. The other pronouns become adjectives instead of pronouns WHEN THEY STAND before nouns and answer the questions WHICH ONE?
NOUNS, PRONOUNS, AND VERB function as adjectives only when they modify other nouns or pronouns.
It simply describes the attributes if the noun it modifies.
