Adjectives

What is an adjective?
An adjective is a word that tells us more about a noun. It "describes" or "modifies"
a noun (The big dog was hungry). In these examples, the adjective is in bold and the
noun that it modifies is in italics.
Examples
⬩ A green car
⬩ The sky became dark.
⬩ They were empty

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An adjective often comes before a
noun.
• A blue ball
• A dark sky
• An interesting story

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Sometimes, an adjective comes after
a verb.
⬩ The bouncing blue ball.
⬩ The sky became dark.
⬩ His story seemed interesting.

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Adjectives can also modify pronouns.
⬩ They were empty.
⬩ I thought it seemed strange.
⬩ Those are not expensive.

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Descriptive adjectives are the most commonly used type of adjective and they add
meaning to a noun or pronoun by describing its qualities. There are thousands of
descriptive adjectives that exist in the English language, so it's not difficult to come
up with one. They can tell what size something is, how something tastes, what
something smells like, and so much more.
Examples :
Petite
Large
Scaly
Bumpy
Shrill
Muffled

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An interrogative adjective describes a noun that is used in a question. Interrogative
adjectives include the following words: what, which, whose.

Examples :
⬩ Which jacket belongs to Taylor?
⬩ What book are you writing your report about?
⬩ Whose phone is ringing?

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An indefinite adjective is used to describe a noun in a non-specific sense.

The most common indefinite adjectives are any, each, few, many, much, most,
several, and some.

They are often used to describe a noun to show an element of uncertainty.

Indefinite adjectives should not be confused with indefinite pronouns. Indefinite

adjectives modify nouns or pronouns. Indefinite pronouns are standalone pronouns

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Examples :
⬩ We are all born with genius,
but most of us only keep it for
a few minutes.
⬩ (In this example, most is an
indefinite pronoun, and few is
an indefinite adjective. It
modifies minutes.)
⬩ However many holy words you read,
however many you speak, what good
will they do you if you do not act on
upon them? (Buddha)
⬩ (In this example, only the first many
is an indefinite adjective. (It modifies
holy words.) The second many is an
indefinite pronoun.)
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More examples :
⬩ There are several people in the safe room.
⬩ (This is an indefinite adjective. It modifies the
noun people.)
⬩ There are several in the safe room.
⬩ (This is an indefinite pronoun. It stands alone. It does not
modify a noun.)
⬩ I have seen some cartridges in the cupboard.
⬩ (This is an indefinite adjective. It modifies the
noun cartridges.)
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⬩ Every adjective and adverb can be written in one of three degrees:
⬩ The Positive Degree. This offers no comparison. It just tells us about the
existence of a quality. For example:
▫ adjectives: slow, beautiful, happy
▫ adverbs: slowly, beautifully, happily
⬩ The Comparative Degree. This compares two things to show which has the
lesser or greater degree of the quality. For example:
▫ adjectives: slower, more beautiful, happier
▫ adverbs: more slowly, more beautifully, more happily
⬩ The Superlative Degree. This compares more than two things to show which
has the least or greatest degree of the quality.For example:
▫ adjectives: slowest, most beautiful, happiest
▫ adverbs: most slowly, most beautifully, most happily

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Give the comparative and superlative
forms of the following
1. Angry
2. Good
3. Bad
4. Little
5. Many

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For this activity, I will give
you a minute for each
picture, you have to list as
many adjectives as you can.
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Show and tell

⬩ Pick an object that you are fond of, afterwards, you have
to describe the latter , Make sure to be vivid with your
description.

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Want big impact?
Use big image.

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