The document provides an overview of adjectives, detailing their functions, such as attributive and predicative usage, as well as the specific order adjectives follow before nouns. It emphasizes the different types of adjectives, including those that describe quantity, color, and characteristics, and includes examples for clarification. Additionally, it addresses common confusion between adjectives and adverbs.

1. Types
of
Adjectives https://youtu.be/b4ZMbqZmMI8
For video lesson please copy and
paste the below mentioned link into
your browser

2. Look at the pictures
Which one?
Whose?
How many?
What kind?
I want the pink doll.
She loves spicy food.
That is my pen.
There are two
mangoes.

3. Adjectives are describing
words.
They tell us what kind of, how
many, how much, what colour
etc.
They tell us about person,
places, animals and things.
pink spicy two my

4. Four criteria for adjectives.
Attributive function
Predicative function
Is premodified by the intensifier
Gradable or comparison
the round table, a beautiful painting
a. The painting is beautiful.
b. He thought the painting beautiful.
a. beautiful – subject complement
b. beautiful – object complement
The children are very happy.
They are the happiest people I know.
Very ------
intensifier

5. Position of adjectives
Attributive
position,
before noun
Predicative
position, after
verb
The new manager doesn’t like me. She looks rich.
Before noun. After verb.

6. Attributive position.
Some adjectives mostly used in
attributive position. Use before
noun.
elder old mere littlesheer

7. Attributive position.
elder
old
mere
little
sheer
My elder sister is a pilot.
It’s sheer madness.
He is an old friend.
He is a mere child.
a nice little house

8. Adjectives: order before noun
Adjectives come before noun in a
particular order.
colour  orgin  material  purpose
Red Spanish leather riding boot.
noun

9. Adjectives: order before noun
Adjectives come before noun in a
particular order.
Adjectives of size, length and height often
come first.
the round glass table the glass round table
a tall ancient oak tree An ancient tall oak tree

10. Adjectives: order before noun
Adjectives come before noun in a
particular order.
Judgments and attitude usually come before
or other. e.g. lovely, silly etc.
a lovely long cool drink
Who is that silly fat man over there?

11. Attributive position.
After noun.
Poet Laureate.
Court martial.
Some attributive adjectives are used
after noun.
Send all the tickets
available.
He is the present
member of the club.
Attorney General.
Secretary General.

12. Predicative position
The baby is asleep.
asleep afraid
He was afraid.
subject
The baby
predicate
is asleep
He was afraid

13. Adjective or Adverb
Confusing cases
Some words ending in –ly are
adjectives, and not normally adverbs.
Costly, cowardly, friendly, likely,
lonely, ugly, silly etc.
She gave me a friendly smile.
He gave a silly laugh.
She smiled friendly.
He laughed silly.

14. Adjective or Adverb
Confusing cases
Some adjectives and adverbs have
same forms.
A fast car goes fast.
Adjective Adverb

15. Exercises
Underline the adjectives
1. The hungry lion couldn’t catch the clever fox.
2. I feel unhappy.
3. It’s alive.
4. There are six large eggs.
5. This is a big modern brick house.

16. Thank
You https://youtu.be/b4ZMbqZmMI8
For video lesson please copy and
paste the below mentioned link into
your browser