adjective

3. -Words that modifies nouns
or pronouns. These are
descriptive words.
-a word or phrase naming an
attribute, added to or
grammatically related to a noun
to modify or describe it.

5. Rule #1: Adjectives modify
nouns; adverbs modify verbs,
adjectives, and other adverbs.
Example:
Richard is careless.

6. Rule #2: An adjective always
follows a form of the verb to
be when it modifies the noun
before the verb.
Example:
They tried to be helpful.

7. Rule #3: Likewise an adjective
always follows a sense verb or a
verb of appearance — feel,
taste, smell, sound, look,
appear, and seem — when it
modifies the noun before the
verb.
Example:
Sharon's cough sounds bad.

9.  Adjectives that tell about a
quality.
 Among the different kinds of
adjectives, descriptive adjectives
are probably the most common ones.
They simply say something about
the quality or the kind of the noun
or pronoun they’re referring to.

10. o Erika is witty.
o She is tired.
o Adrian’s reflexes
are amazing.

11.  As the name suggests, this
kind of adjective answers the
question, “How many?” or “How
much?”

12. o Twenty-one students failed the
exam.
o The plants need more water.

13.  Demonstrative adjectives point
out pronouns and nouns, and always
come before the words they are
referring to.

14. o I used to buy this kind of shirts.
o When the old man tripped
over that wire, he dropped a whole bag
of groceries.

15. Obviously, this kind of adjectives
shows ownership or possession.
Aside from that, possessive
adjectives always come before the
noun.

16. o I can’t answer my seatwork
because I don’t have a calculator.
oTrisha sold his dog.

17. Interrogative adjectives ask
questions and are always followed
by a noun.

18. o What movie are you watching?
o Which plants should be placed
over here?

19. Also known as
Degrees of Comparison

20. 1. Positive
2. Comparativ
e
3. Superlative

21.  When you talk about or describe
only a single person, place, or
thing.
Examples:
She is a beautiful lady.
It was a memorable trip.

22.  “Comparing something to someone
else”
 When you are comparing two
persons, places, or things.
Normally, you will need to add “-
er” to transform the word into its
comparative form or add the word
“more.” Also, the word “than”
should be added after the
adjective in the comparative

23. Examples:
This swimming pool is
bigger than that one.
Ashley is more
intelligent than Aldrin.
Note: For words ending in “y,”
you should first change the “y”
into “i” and then add “-er.”

24.  It means “of the highest degree.”
 When you are comparing more than
two things, the superlative form of
the adjectives should be used and the
word “the” should be added before the
adjective. In order to transform the
adjective into its superlative form, you
just have to add the suffix “-est” or
the word “most.”

25. Note: For words ending in “y,”
you should first change the “y”
into “i” and then add “-est.”
Examples:
That is by far, the tallest
tree I have ever seen in my
entire life.
This is the most crucial
match of the season.

26. This is the order you should generally
follow:
Determiner opinion
size age shape
color origin material
a word describing
purpose/function

28. Read the sentence. Circle the adjective.
On the line after the sentence, write the
noun that is being described.
Ex. The ambitious boy chased the butterfly. ___boy___
1.My grandmother is a unique
woman. _________
2.The girl suddenly had a delightful
idea. _________
3.His furious father screamed at
him. _________

29. 4. The energetic team won the
game. _________
5. The sleepy baby finally had
stopped crying. ________