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- 1. 8 TIPS on USING ADJECTIVES Grammar Rules and Tips for using Adjectives
- 2. Identify the Adjectives Jay and Timmy are good friends. One morning they went to the cafe of their choice. Jay ordered one coffee and some snacks. Those snacks included pastries also. Timmy could not decide which coffee to order. Jay suggested that he should try Irish coffee. The waiter served Jay’s coffee hot. Timmy loved his coffee and said this was the very flavour he was looking for. The snacks were tasty. What a wonderful treat!
- 3. Jay and Timmy are good friends. One morning they went to the cafe of their choice. Jay ordered one coffee and some snacks. Those snacks included pastries also. Timmy could not decide which coffee to order. Jay suggested that he should try Irish coffee. The waiter served Jay’s coffee hot. Timmy loved his coffee and said this was the very flavour he was looking for. The snacks were tasty. What a wonderful treat! Identify the Adjectives
- 4. What is an adjective? Adjective describes or modifies a noun. Note: Adverbs modify verbs and often end with “ly”. She looked calm. calm is an adjective that describes her She spoke calmly. calmly is an adverb that describes the way she spoke All adjectives answer three specific questions about the noun they modify. 1. What kind? Strong, Happy, Red 2. How much/ many? Few, Some Six, One 3. Which one(s)? This, That, Those, These
- 5. Types of Adjectives Jay and Timmy are good friends. Attributive Adjective: adds some quality, characteristic, feature or attribute of the noun. One morning they went to a cafe of their choice. Possessive Adjective: words like my, your, his, her, its, our, their used before a noun to show possession or ownership. Jay ordered one coffee and some snacks. Adjectives of Quantity: denotes the quantity for a noun. Definite Numeral Adjectives denote an exact number like one. Indefinite Numeral Adjectives, which do not denote an exact number; as, All, no; many, few; some, any; certain, several, sundry. Those snacks included pastries also. Demonstrative Adjective: words like this, that, these, those point out which person or thing is meant. Timmy could not decide which coffee to order. Interrogative Adjective: words like which, whose, what used with nouns to ask questions.
- 6. Jay suggested him to try Irish coffee. Proper Adjective: formed from proper noun and starts with capital letter like Irish, French, Indian etc. The waiter served Jay’s coffee hot. Resultative Adjective: placed after the noun it modifies and reflects a change that occurs by action of the verb. Timmy loved his coffee and said this is the very flavour he wanted. Emphasizing Adjective: words to emphasize a noun like ‘very' and 'own‘. The snacks were tasty. Predicative Adjective: forms part of the Predicate and comes after the verb. What a wonderful treat! Exclamatory Adjective: word what is sometimes used to express exclamation. Types of Adjectives
- 7. An Adjective used attributively is generally placed immediately before the noun. Susie is a beautiful girl. When using a string of Adjectives, they should appear in a set order: size/shape + age + color + origin + material. A big brown house. A small old English desk. She married a tall, dark, handsome man. When some word or phrase is joined to the Adjective to explain its meaning, the Adjective is placed after its noun. He was a man fertile in resource. A soldier, taller than any of his comrades, rushed forward. Placement of Adjectives
- 8. Tips on using Adjectives
- 9. Some: used when the exact number, amount, or quantity is not known or stated. Generally used in positive sentences and questions which are really offers/requests or which expect the answer “yes”. I have some money in the bank. They know some great doctors. Can I have some coffee? (Request) Any: indicates one or more of something without any specification. Generally used in negative sentences or questions and after ‘if’ in affirmative sentences. I don't have any money. If you need any money I will help you. Have you bought any mangoes? Tip #1: Some, Any Each: refers to members of a group as individuals and is used only when the number in the group is limited and definite. Five boys were seated on each bench. He gave each child a toy. Every: refers to the group as a collection of members and is used when the number is indefinite. I have every book in this list. Every one of these chairs is broken. Tip #2: Each, Every
- 10. Either: indicates one or the other of two people or things. Either teacher will be chaperoning the field trip. Please put the trash cans on either side of the house. Neither: indicate not either one of two people or things. Neither parent showed up to the recital. Neither child admitted to the prank. Tip #3: Either, Neither Tip #4: Many, Much Many: used with Countable nouns. This library has many books. There are many glasses in the shelf. Much: used with uncountable nouns and mostly in negative sentences or questions. We don't have much milk left in the refrigerator. Did you have much luck?
- 11. Little: means not much (i.e., hardly any) and has a negative meaning. There is little hope of his recovery. (There really isn’t much hope) A little: means some though not much and has a positive meaning. Used with uncountable nouns. There is a little hope of his recovery. (There is some hope of recovery) The little: means not much, but all there is. The little knowledge of carpentry that he possessed stood him in good stead. Tip #5: Little Few: means hardly anyone and has a negative meaning. I have few enemies. (I really don’t have any enemies) A few: means small in number but not many either. I have a few enemies. (I have a small number of enemies) The few: means not many, but all there is. The few days I had spent in Darjeeling were very pleasant. Tip #6: Few
- 12. All: used before uncountable nouns and plural countable nouns. All the students were given assignments. All sugar is wasted. Both: used before two countable nouns. Both my friends are honest. Whole: used before uncountable nouns. A ‘the’ is placed before ‘whole’. The whole country is suffering from drought. Tip #7: All, Whole, Both Tip #8: Enough, So, Such Enough: it can only be used before the noun it qualifies. Enough is always placed in front of the noun. We have enough chairs for everyone to sit on. There was enough food to feed an army. So, Too: it can be combined with adjectives to show extremes. Shelly’s eyes are so beautiful. The meal was too good. Such: Such can be combined with an adjective and a noun to show extremes. This form is often used in exclamations. Don has such a big house! Shelly has such beautiful eyes!
- 13. Spot the Errors
- 14. Whole chapter of this book is full of printing errors. You have much books. I have many work to do. He wasted his all wealth. He did not eat some rice. Spot the Error
- 15. Whole chapter of this book is full of printing errors. The whole chapter of this book is full of printing errors. You have much books. You have many books. I have many work to do. I have much work to do. He wasted his all wealth. He wasted all his wealth. He did not eat some rice. He did not eat any rice. Spot the Error
- 16. Little sincerity can bring him success. Little she did for me is unforgettable. I asked him to bring me few books. Few days I passed with him are memorable. Can you lend me any money? Spot the Error
- 17. Little sincerity can bring him success. A little sincerity can being him success. Little she did for me is unforgettable. The little she did for me is unforgettable. I asked him to bring me few books. I asked him to being me a few books. Few days I passed with him are memorable. The few days I passed with him are memorable. Can you lend me any money? Can you lend me some money? Spot the Error
- 18. Have you brought some gold for her? Every of the students has received their study materials. Each animal needs food. Either employee told the truth. Each person are an individual. Spot the Error
- 19. Have you brought some gold for her? Have you brought any gold for her? Every of the students has received their study materials. Each of the students has received their study materials. Each animal needs food. Every animal needs food. Either employee told the truth. Neither employee told the truth. Each person are an individual. Each person is an individual. Spot the Error
- 20. Look, the asleep boy. I didn’t get time enough to write the test. He’s so ill to move. She’s so tolerant person! All my parents are caring. Spot the Error
- 21. Look, the asleep boy. Look, the boy is asleep. I didn’t get time enough to write the test. I didn’t get enough time to write the test. He’s so ill to move. He’s too ill to move. (or) He’s so ill that he cannot move. She’s so tolerant person! She’s such a tolerant person! (or) She is so tolerant! All my parents are caring. Both my parents are caring. Spot the Error
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- 8 Tips on using adjectives
- Can you identify the Adjectives in these sentences? Pause the video at this point and see if you can identify all the adjectives.
- All adjectives have been highlighted in green. Were you able to get them all?
- Adjectives describe a noun. They do not end with L Y. Adverbs which describe verbs typically end in L Y.
- All the words highlighted in green above are adjectives. Jay and Timmy are good friends. ‘Good’ is an attribute adjective that describes the noun ‘friends’. One morning they went to a cafe of their choice. ‘Their’ is a possessive adjective that qualifies the noun ‘choice’ – it is their choice. Jay ordered one coffee and some snacks. ‘One’ and ‘some’ are adjectives that denote quantity for the nouns ‘coffee’ and ‘snacks’. Those snacks included pastries also. ‘Those’ is a demonstrative adjective that qualifies the noun ‘snacks’ – those snacks are the ones mentioned in that sentence, not these snacks. Timmy could not decide which coffee to order. ‘which’ is an interrogative adjective that qualifies the noun ‘coffee’.
- Jay suggested him to try Irish coffee. ‘Irish’ is a proper adjective which is formed from the proper noun ‘Ireland’ and is capitalized. The waiter served Jay’s coffee hot. Here the adjective HOT is placed after the noun ‘coffee’ because the coffee was made hot by the waiter who served it promptly without delay. Timmy loved his coffee and said this is the very flavour he wanted. When Timmy loved his coffee and said this is the very flavour he wanted, the word ‘very’ is used to put emphasis on the noun ‘flavour’. The snacks were tasty. Here the word ‘tasty’ is describing the noun ‘snacks’ but forms a part of the Predicate and comes after the verb. What a wonderful treat! Here the adjective ‘wonderful’ is used to express exclamation.
- Placement of Adjectives. Adjectives , particularly those Adjectives used attributively, are generally placed immediately before the noun. For example, Susie is a beautiful girl. When using a string of adjectives, they should appear in a set order: that is size/shape followed by + age + color + origin + material of the noun. For example, in the sentence “She married a tall, dark, handsome man”, the words tall, dark and handsome act as adjectives to the noun Man. Then there are cases when some word or phrase is joined to the Adjective to explain its meaning, the Adjective is placed after its noun. For an example in the sentence, A Soldier, taller than any of his comrades, rushed forward- the phrase “taller than any of his comrades” act as an adjective to the noun Soldier, but is placed after the noun it modifies.
- Tips on using Adjectives
- Tip 1: Some or Any Some is used when the exact quantity is unspecified. For example, I have some money in the bank, where no specific amount is mentioned. Some is used in questions which are actually offers/requests where the expected answer is “yes”. For example, when you say Can I have some coffee? you are making a request with the expected answer as yes. Any also indicates an unknown or unspecified amount but is generally used in negative or interrogative sentences. For example, ‘I don't have any money’. Any is also used with the word ‘if’: ‘If you need any money I will help you’ Tip 2: Each or Every "Each" refers to the members of a group as individuals and directs attention to all individuals forming the group. For example, in the sentence Five boys were seated on each bench, the word ‘each’ points to individual benches separately from a group of benches. The word Every refers to a group as a collection of members when the number is indefinite. For example in Every one of these chairs is broken, every refers to the whole bunch of chairs.
- Tip 3: Either or neither The word "Either" is used to indicate one or the other of two people or things. The statement Either teacher will be chaperoning the field trip means any one of the two teachers will be available for the trip. "Neither" is used to indicate not either one of two people or things. For example, Neither parent showed up to the recital, means none of the two parents. Tip 4: Many and Much The words Many and Much indicate a large amount of something. Many is used with Countable nouns. For example, This library has many books. However, the word Much is used with uncountable nouns Example: We don't have much milk left in the refrigerator
- Tip 5: Little We begin with the word Little which means not much (i.e., hardly any). Thus, the adjective little has a negative meaning. There is little hope of his recovery implies that he is not likely to recover. Now, the phrase "A little" means some; not a lot, but some amount. So we can say ‘A little' has a positive meaning- "A little" is used with uncountable nouns. There is a little hope of his recovery, which means there is some hope that he may recover. When we say The little it means not much, but all there is. The little knowledge of carpentry that he possessed stood him in good stead. The sentence means: The knowledge of carpentry he possessed was not much; but even that little amount of knowledge was useful. Tip 6: Few Few and A Few are both used before countable nouns but they do not have the same meaning. When we use few without 'a', we are emphasizing that the quantity is almost zero. So if we say, 'I have few enemies', it means that I really don’t have any enemies. Whereas when we say ‘I have a few enemies’ it shows that you are talking about a small number enemies but not many. Lastly, when we use “The Few” in a sentence, it means not many, but all there is. Thus, “The few days I had spent in Darjeeling were very pleasant” means that I didn’t spend many days in Darjeeling but all of those few days were pleasant.
- Tip7: All, whole and both "All" is used when referring to the whole group. It is used before uncountable nouns and plural countable nouns. For example in the sentence All employees were given raises- it refers to the entire number of employees, here the word ‘employees’ is the plural countable noun. When “all” is used with an uncountable noun, it is conjugated in the singular. For example, all sugar is wasted. The word “Both” is used as an adjective placing it before two countable nouns. For example, “Both my friends are honest In case of the word “Whole”, it is placed before uncountable nouns. But remember that when acting as an adjective, Whole is always preceded by “the”. “The whole country is suffering from drought” - “The Whole” qualifies the noun “country” Tip 8: Enough, So and Such "Enough" can be used with countable and uncountable nouns. In the statement “We have enough chairs for everyone to sit on”, the word “enough” indicates that there are adequate numbers of chairs. SO and TOO are usually placed before an adjective to give the word a more extreme meaning. Shelly’s eyes are so beautiful. The word ‘so’ emphasizes the word beautiful. Lastly, the word Such comes before a noun or noun phrase to express a specific thing in more detail. It can also be combined with another adjective to show extremes. This form is often used in exclamations. Shelly has such beautiful eyes!
- VO: Each of the following sentences will contain a mistake in the usage of Adjectives. See if you can spot that mistake.
- VO: Can you spot the errors in these 5 sentences? Please pause the video here to see if you can spot all 5 errors.
- VO: Can you spot the errors in these 5 sentences? Please pause the video here to see if you can spot all 5 errors.
- VO: Can you spot the errors in these 5 sentences? Please pause the video here to see if you can spot all 5 errors.
- VO: Can you spot the errors in these 5 sentences? Please pause the video here to see if you can spot all 5 errors.