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Welcome to

english class
Teacher Azucena De La Cruz Jaramillo
Materials:
*White sheets
*pen or markers
AMCO BOOK VS. AMCO BOOK
SPEED UP ASCEND

TWO BOOKS
4 UNITS ON EACH BOOK FIVE BOOKS
SECTIONS: UNIT´S ONE UNIT PER BOOK
VOCABULARY, SECTIONS: THINK THANK,
CONVERSATION, PHONOLOGY, LANGUAGE,
GRAMMAR & BONUS
STEAM & GLOBAL
APPENDIX ACTIVITIES.
CITIZENSHIP.
ADJECTIV
ES
WHAT IS AN
ADJECTIVE?
PARTICIPATION
ADJECTIVE
An adjective is a word that describes a noun.
An adjective usually comes before a noun to provide more detail or information
about the noun.

Adjectives are an important form of expression in descriptive writing.

There are also many different types of adjectives - all of which comes with their own set of rules.

Using adjectives effectively helps to make writing more interesting, although they should be used with care and not with
every noun.
Adjective Example in a sentence

Lovely We saw a lovely dog on our walk.

Hot It was a very hot day in April.

Cold The cold wind blew the kite across the sky.

Fantastic He really was a very fantastic cat.

Boring It was an incredibly boring film.

Brown The brown dog dashed across the field.

Kind The kind lady made me a cup of tea.

Messy The messy kitchen really needed to be cleaned.


TYPES OF
ADJECTIVES
Adjectives can provide further information or detail on a variety of different
things, including size, shape, color, material, and amount. But it all depends on
their type. The most common are:
1. Comparative adjectives
2. Superlative adjectives
3. Predicate adjectives
4. Compound adjectives
5. Possessive adjectives
6. Demonstrative adjectives
7. Proper adjectives
8. Descriptive adjectives
9. Attributive adjectives
TYPES OF
adjectives
TYPES OF ADJECTIVES

There are a total of 8 types of Adjectives in English grammar namely Descriptive adjective,
Numeral adjective, Quantitative adjective, Demonstrative adjective, Interrogative adjective,
Possessive adjective, Proper adjective, and Exclamatory adjective. Lets' have a look at the types
of adjectives with examples:
1) Descriptive Adjective
Adjectives of Quality or Descriptive Adjectives show the kind of quality of a person or thing. Ex. Beautiful, large, small etc.

The foolish old crow tried to sing.


2) Numeral Adjective
Adjectives of number or Numeral Adjectives show how many persons or things are meant. This adjective represents numeral
value. Ex. Eight, few, second, some etc.

Few dogs like hot water.


3) Quantitative Adjective
Adjectives of quantity show how much quantity of a thing is meant. Ex. Some, little, whole, one fourth etc.

He ate some rice.


4) Demonstrative Adjective
Demonstrative Adjectives point out which person or thing is meant, ex. This, that, those, such etc.

This girl is taller than Rosie.

5) Interrogative Adjectives

What, which, and whose, when they are used with nouns to ask questions, are called Interrogative Adjectives.

Whose book is this?

6) Possessive Adjectives
We use Possessive adjectives to express who owns or possesses something. This is used in front of a noun. Ex. Own, my, our
etc.

He is his own master.


7) Proper Adjectives
Adjectives formed from proper nouns are called Proper Adjectives. Ex. British, Chinese etc.

The British professor is teaching in the class.

8) Exclamatory Adjectives
The word what is sometimes used as an Exclamatory Adjective.

Ex. What a genius!

What a blessing!
No. Adjective Types/ Kinds Examples
1 Descriptive Adjective Large, beautiful, careful, hateful etc.
2 Numeral Adjective Five, few, many, several, first etc.
3 Quantitative Adjective Some, much, little, any, half, whole, etc.
4 Demonstrative Adjective This, that, these, those, such, etc.
5 Interrogative Adjective What, which, when, etc.
6 Possessive Adjective Me, our, your, his, her, its, their
7 Proper Adjective English, Indian tea, French wines, Spain, etc.
8 Exclamatory Adjective What, how
GAME TIME!
Noun showdown
Divide the class into two or more teams, then write a noun
on the board or show it as an image. Teams have 20 seconds
to write down as many adjectives as they can. Teams get a
point for every adjective that is appropriate.

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