3. red ant
blue pillow
quiet place
bright light
An adjective modifies a noun or
pronoun by providing
descriptive or specific detail.
4. Examples
• Tom bought a used car. (used describes
what kind of car Tom bought.)
• Sally baked ten pies for the school bake
sale. (ten tells how many pies Sally baked.)
• Bob climbed that tree in the backyard. (that
specifies which tree Bob climbed.)
7. Descriptive Adjectives
tall handsome tiny big slow melodious
ears life skinny chubby
song car village man girl dog
fast hot pillow hair gentle
curly chocolate eyes itchy
10. Interrogative Adjectives
is used to ask a question.
Whose book is this?
Which notebook will they show you?
Whose pen will they bring you?
What name have you given to your child?
12. ORDER OF ADJECTIVES
Shape
Opinion
A, an, the,
these, this,
that, those,
her, our
Round, square,
long, fat
Shape/weight
/length
Delicious,
lovely, nice,
cool
Attitude/obs
ervation
Determiners
Size
Big, small,
tall, huge,
tiny
Size, height
An expensive antique silver mirror
13. ORDER OF ADJECTIVES
Material
Color
Old, young,
new, antique,
modern,
ancient
How old is
it?
Gold, wooden,
plastic, silver,
metal, rubber,
glass
What is it made
of?
Green, blue,
reddish,
purple
Age Origin
American, British,
Indian, Filipino
Where isit from?
16. pink a plastic disgusting
wonderful old clock a Italian
a bulldog big white beautiful
amazing new an movie American
pair of shoes black leather a
young the Filipino players basketball
18. Comparative adjectives
are used to compare differences between
the two objects they modify (larger, smaller,
faster, higher). They are used in sentences
where two nouns are compared, in this
pattern:
20. Comparative adjectives
This box is smaller than the one I lost.
Your dog runs faster than Jim's dog.
The rock flew higher than the roof. Jim
and Jack are both my friends, but I like
Jack better.
21. Superlative adjectives
are used to describe an object
which is at the upper or lower
limit of a quality (the tallest, the
smallest, the fastest, the
highest).
23. Superlative adjectives
My house is the largest one in our
neighborhood.
This is the smallest box I've ever seen.
Your dog ran the fastest of any dog in the
race.
We all threw our rocks at the same time.
My rock flew the highest.
24. Forming regular comparatives
and superlatives
One syllable adjectives
Add -er for the comparative and -est for the
superlative. If the adjective has a
consonant + single vowel + consonant
spelling, the final consonant must be
doubled before adding the ending.
25. Forming regular comparatives
and superlatives
ADJECTIVE COMPARATIVE SUPERLATIVE
Tall Taller Tallest
Fat Fatter Fattest
Big Bigger Biggest
Sad Sadder saddest
26. Forming regular comparatives
and superlatives
Two syllables
Adjectives with two syllables can form the
comparative either by adding -er or by preceding
the adjective with more. These adjectives form
the superlative either by adding -est or by
preceding the adjective with most. For adjectives
ending in y, change the y to an i before adding
the ending.
28. Forming regular comparatives
and superlatives
Three or more syllables
Adjectives with three or more syllables
form the comparative by putting more
in front of the adjective, and the
superlative by putting most in front.
29. Forming regular comparatives
and superlatives
ADJECTIVE COMPARATIVE SUPERLATIVE
important more important most important
expensive more expensive most expensive
beautiful more beautiful most beautiful
popular more popular most popular
