grammar - Adjective PPTS, Lesson to teach grammar - parts of speech , Adjective , Types of adjectives, and comparitive degrees of adjectives

1. Adjectives

2. What is an adjective ?

7. Types of Adjectives
• Descriptive or Quality Adjectives
• Possessive adjectives
• Demonstrative adjectives
• Interrogative adjectives
• Adjectives of quantity

8. Quality adjective
These words show the kind of quality of a
person or thing.
Big House Red Apple

9. Possessive Adjective
These are words which show or hint at a
sense of belonging
my pen
our country
your name,.
his book
her dog
their house.

10. Demonstrative Adjective
These are the words which ‘point out’ at something or
someone (like demonstrative pronouns)
these books
this pen
that man
those trees

11. Interrogative Adjective
These are words which ask about the noun.
Which umbrella is yours?
Whose pencil is this?
What book are you reading?

12. Quantity Adjective
These are words which describe quantity. It includes all
the numerals
all men, every boy, both houses, enough money
many flowers Four Chairs

13. Can you think of a suitable adjective to go in each
gap in these sentences?
1. The dragon flew through the sky.
2. I stared at the elephant.
3. A crown was placed on the princess’ head.
4. The night was and .
5. The tree towered above me.

14. Degrees of Adjectives
• Positive Degree
• Comparative Degree
• Superlative Degree
Used to Compare one thing/person to
another

15. Positive Degree
The ant is small The Fox is clever

16. Comparative Degree
When two items/people are compared, a
comparative degree is used by putting ‘er’ to the
adjective word in association with the word ‘than’. In
some cases ‘more’ is used.
Fox is more cleverer than donkey Ant is smaller than an elephant

17. Superlative Degree
when more than two things/people are compared,
the superlative degree is used by putting ‘est’ to the
adjective word or in some cases ‘most’ is used
Blue whale is the largest animal

18. Examples

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