Proper

Adjectives
Adjectives
Emphasizing of Quality
Adjectives

Adjectives are
words that
Adjectives describe
Possessive of things.
Adjectives Quantity
Adjectives can
Adjective
answer the
Kinds question "What
kind?" (round
tables; big
Adjectives city), “How
Interrogative
of Number much?” (some
Adjectives
rice, little
effort) “Which
one?” (red
Possessive Adjectivesshirt, second
Adjectives are words Distributive Demonstrative
Examples:a good essaythe
wife), and
used to describe or
intelligent
Adjectives Adjectives
studentour hard-
working leader A possessive adjective “How many?”
modify nouns. They give
modifies a noun by telling whom
the reader more
it belongs to. It answers the
information about a
question "Whose?"
noun. Some adjectives
can be used for
Examples are: his, her, its, my,
comparing different
Demonstrative Adjectives
The adjectives that are made by our, their, and your.
things.
proper nouns are known as
The demonstrative adjectives You can share my rice.
Proper adjectives.
Vancouver is cold.
that, these, Toronto
this, those, and
is colder. Winnipeg
what answer the is
question Interrogative Adjectives Have you seen their house?
Example:
coldest.
"Which?"
China  Chinese
The interrogative adjectivesThis
are is
used
his with
room.nouns to ask
France  French
I'm going to open that present. questions. Examples are what, which and whose.
They are our friends.
Whose is this bag? What movie do you want to see?

These mangoes are very sweet. Which leaves turn color first?

A demonstrative adjective may Whose son is he?

look like a demonstrative pronoun,
but it is used differently in the An interrogative adjective may look like an interrogative
sentence: it is an adjective, used pronoun, but it is used differently in the sentence: it is an
adjective, used to modify a noun or pronoun.
 Adjectives of Quality

Adjectives that describe the

personal quality of a noun or by
Adjectives of Quantity using it their personal quality can
be more highlighted.
These tell about the quantitative condition of the things.
For Example:
Examples are: some, sufficient, little, great
He is a good boy
The baby took some milk
She is a brave girl.

I do not have sufficient money.

Remember, a little knowledge is dangerous.

Take great care of your health.

Adjectives of Number

These deal with the number of things, like first, second, third. The number can also be
unspecified like, all, most….

These can be divided into two sections:

Definite Numeral Adjectives:

Cardinal: one, two, three

Ordinal: First, Second, Third

Exercises:
Indefinite Numeral Adjectives:

Circle
All.the adjective
Some, many, any,in each sentence. Draw a line under the noun it
several
describes.
 1. Have you seen my checkered shirt?
2. A sidewalk leads to the back door.
3. The jacket I bought has deep pockets.
4. Sam fixed the broken car.
5. How do my new dresses look?

To complete each sentence, add -er, -est, more or most to the adjective in
parenthesis.

1. That was the ______________________ test I've ever taken.

(difficult)
2. Isn't he the _____________________ little boy you've ever met? (nice)
3. That was a much _________________________ homework assignment.
4. (challenging)
5. Do you think a snake is _____________________ than an owl? (slow)
6. Robert's arms are _____________________ than John's. (long)

Find the adjective in each sentence and type it into the box below.

If there is no adjective, type NONE.

1. During basketball last night, Shaq threw a wild ball, but it went into the
net!
2. The little girl I was telling you about is sitting over there.
3. Students who study often learn more quickly.
4. The concert last night was fantastic.
5. I usually put ketchup on hotdogs.