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Құдайберген А.
Қалыбаев А.
Шеріпбай Б.
✓ TABLE OF CONTENTS

➢ How are adjectives used in sentences?

➢ Comparative and superlative adjectives
➢ Coordinate adjectives
➢ Adjectives vs. Adverbs
➢ How to order adjectives
➢ Other types of adjectives
 1. HOW ARE ADJECTIVES USED IN
SENTENCES?
1. HOW ARE
Adjectives modify or describe nouns
ADJECTIVES
and USED INcan beattributive
pronouns.They
SENTENCES?
(occurring before the noun) or
predicative (occurringafter the noun).
Predicative adjectives typically follow a
linkingverb (such as forms of the verb
“to be”) that connects the subjectof the
sentence to the adjective
EXAMPLES: ATTRIBUTIVE AND
PREDICATIVE ADJECTIVES

The proud soldier is home.

The soldier is proud.
The dedicated employee starts early.
The employee is dedicated.
 2. COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE
ADJECTIVES
Comparative adjectives are used to compare two things.
They‘reusually formed by adding the suffix “-er”
➢ or “-r” if the word ends in the letter “e”
For two-syllable words that end in “y”, the “y” is replaced with“-
ier.”

Comparative adjectives can also be formed by adding “more”

or“less” before an adjective that has not been modified.
➢ “more” form is typically used for words with two or
moresyllables
➢ while the “less” form is used for all adjectives.
Examples: Comparative adjectives in a sentence
Simon’s essay is longer than Claire’s.
The room is cozier with the fire lit and less cozy without it.
I have never met a more honorable person.

Superlative adjectives are used to indicate that something hasthe most or least of a specific
quality. They‘re typicallypreceded by the definite article “the” and usually formed byadding the
suffix “-est”
➢ or “-st” if the word ends in the letter “e”
For two-syllable words that end in “y,” the “y” is replaced with“-iest.”

Superlative adjectives can also be formed by adding “most” or“least” before an adjective that
has not been modified.
➢ “most” form is typically used for words with two or moresyllables.
➢ while the “least” form is used for all adjectives.
 3. COORDINATE ADJECTIVES
Coordinate adjectives are two or more adjectives that
modify thesame noun in a sentence. Coordinate
adjectives can be separatedby commas or by the
conjunction “and.”

Examples: Coordinate adjectives in a sentence

The plums were cool and delicious.

Aaron wrote a heartbreaking, inspiring novel.
 4. ADJECTIVES VS. ADVERBS

Adverbs can be used to modify verbs, adjectives, or

otheradverbs, whereas adjectives only modify nouns
and pronouns.When used to modify a verb, an adverb
describes how an actionis being performed.
Original Ending
For example: Brandon runs slowly Adverbial ending
— y—ily (replacing the «y»)
suffix“-ly.” However, not all words ending in “-ly” are — e—y (replacing the «e»)
adverbs (e.g., “ugly” is an adjective). — ic—ally
Adverbs can be formed from adjectives in Example:
numerous other ways, depending on the ending. Easy; easily
Gentle; gently
Tragic; tragically
 If you are unsure whether a word is being used as an

✓ TIP adjectiveor an adverb, check the word that it‘s modifying. If

it’s modifying a noun or a pronoun, it‘s an adjective. If it’s
modifying a verb, adjective or adverb, it‘s an adverb.

in the sentence “the man left early,” the word“early” is an adverb because
For example: it‘s modifying the verb “left.”
In the clause “an early dinner,” the word “early” is an adjectivebecause it‘s
describing the noun “dinner.”

Adjectives with ✓ TIP

Adjectives are often confused with adverbs when they are usedas
complements for linking verbs (e.g., “the wife is devoted”).In these
linking verbs instances, a common mistake is to use an adverb inplace of an
adjective.
While adverbs describe how an action is performed, linkingverbs
(e.g., “be,” “seem,” “become,” “feel”) often refer to a staterather
than an act and therefore take an adjective.
In the example below, an adjective is needed because “feel” is a
linking verb.
 5. How to order adjectives
Attributive adjectives and determiners are
typically given in a specific order according to their
function. This isn‘t an orderthat English speakers
learn as a set of rules, but rather one thatpeople
pick up intuitively and usually follow without
thinkingabout it:
 6. Other types of adjectives
Adjectives can be divided into different categories
based ontheir functions when used in a sentence. The
different types ofadjectives are:
✓ Possessive Adjectives
✓ Interrogative Adjectives
✓ Demonstrative Adjectives
✓ Compound Adjectives
✓ Distributive Adjectives
• Possessive adjectives are often used to express possessionor ownership. The
most commonly used possessiveadjectives are my, your, its, her, his, our,
their, and whose.

Possessive adjective examples:

My favorite food is pizza.
Sydney spent the day with her parents.
Canadians celebrated their team‘s victory at the Olympics.

• Demonstrative adjectives are used to express relativepositions in space and

time. The most commonly useddemonstrative adjectives are this, that, these,
and those.

Demonstrative adjective examples:

This watch is cheaper than that one.
This weekend is going to be really fun.
Watch out for those prickly rose bushes next to you.
• Interrogative adjectives are adjectives that are used to askquestions. The
interrogative adjectives are what, which, and whose.

Interrogative adjective examples:

What color is your favorite?
Which button turns off the lights?
Whose turn is it to wash the cat?

• Compound adjectives are adjectives that are formed frommultiple words,

which are usually connected by hyphens. Some examples of compound
adjectives include never-ending, cross-eyed, and run-of-the-mill.

Compound adjective examples:

She had enough of the double-dealing salesman.
My happy-go-lucky daughter loved our trip to Disneyland.
The better-off members of the city live by the river.
• Distributive adjectives are used to refer to members o
group individually. Examples of distributive
adjectivesinclude each, every, either, and neither.

Distributive adjective examples:

Each puppy got their own little doghouse.
Every member of the team scored a goal.
I‘ll be happy if either candidate wins the election.
 References
https://byjus.com/english/adjectives/#types-of-adjectives

https://www.thesaurus.com/e/grammar/what-are-the-types-of-adjectives/

https://www.thesaurus.com/e/grammar/possessive-adjectives/
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