Adjectives

 Adjectives add  Definition: An

description and other adjective is used to
kinds of information describe a noun or a
to two other parts of pronoun.
speech.
Examples:

 Serious judges
 Sleek jets
 Violet eyes,
 Tall
 Majestic oats
Assignment:

 Exercise 1 on Pg. 349.

(Even numbers only)
Articles

 Three commonly used adjectives are

called articles--- the, a, and an.
 These three words are adjectives
because they come before nouns and
answer the question Which one?
 Because of the way it modifies nouns,
the is called the definite article.
Articles

 The, the definite  A or an, the indefinite

articles, refer to a articles, refer to any
specific person, one of a class of
place, or thing. people, places, or
 Examples: things.
 The court  Examples:
 The attorney  A court
 The broken law  An attorney
 A broken law
A or An??
 A is used before  An is used before vowel
consonant sounds. sounds.

 Hint the letter “H” a

consonant, may be
sounds like either a
consonant or a vowel. O
and u are vowels, but
they may sometimes
sound like consonants.
Assignment

 Exercise 2 on Pg. 350

Nouns are sometimes used as
adjectives. When a noun is used as
an adjective, it comes before
another noun and answer the
questions What kind? or which one?
Nouns used as Adjectives

 Nouns: court,  Adjectives: a court

morning date, a morning
appointment
Assignment:

Pg. 351 Exercise 3.

(Odd Numbers ONLY)
Proper Adjective

 A proper adjective  A proper adjective

can be a proper noun can also be a an
used as an adjective. adjective formed
from a proper noun.
 Proper Nouns Used as
Proper Adjectives
 Arizona  Arizona desert (What
 Tuesday kind of desert?)
 Churchill  Tuesday morning
(Which morning)
 Churchill memorial
(Which memorial?)
 Proper Nouns  Proper Adjectives
 Elizabethan Formed from Proper
 Boston Nouns
 Elizabethan literature
(What kind of
literature)
 Bostonian
architecture (What
kind of architecture?)
Assignment:

Pg. 352 Exercise 4.

Pronouns Used as Adjectives

 Pronouns, like nouns, can sometimes be used

as adjectives.
 A pronoun is used as an adjective if it modifies
a noun.
 Four kinds of adjectives are sometimes used as
adjectives. They are:
 Personal pronouns
 Demonstrative pronouns
 Interrogative pronouns
 Indefinite pronouns
Possessive Adjectives

 Examples: my, your, his, her, its, our,

and their
 Because they have antecedents, they
are considered to be pronouns.
 They are also adjectives, because they
answer the question which one?
Assignment:

Pg. 355 Exercise 7.

Demonstrative Adjectives

 The four demonstrative pronouns-this,

that these, and those– can be used as
demonstrative adjectives.
 Pronoun: I saw this.
 I’ll vote on this issue.
Interrogative Adjectives

 The three interrogative pronouns– which,

what, and whose– can be used as
interrogative adjectives.
 Pronoun: What did he want?
 Adjective: What sentence did he give?
Indefinite Adjectives

 A number of indefinite pronouns-- both,

few, many, each, most, and all, among
others– can also be used as indefinite
adjectives.
 Pronoun: I bought one of each.
 Adjective: Each judge writes an opinion.
Assignment

Pages 356-357, Exercises 8-10.