ADJECTIVES

Prepared by:
Miralu Khana B. Flores and
Bethany D. Loyola
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 OBJECTIVES
At the end of this lesson, the
learners should know the
following:
• Definition of Adjectives
• Adjectives According to
Function
• Categories of Adjectives
• Participial Adjectives
• Compound Adjectives
• Degrees of Comparison
• Oder of Adjectives
INTRODUCTION TO ADJECTIVES
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Lonely road Two roads Inadequate This road
air
Old house Tree houses Ample room That house
DEFINITION OF ADJECTIVES
It describes a noun or pronoun. It
answers the following questions:
• What kind?
• How many?
• How much?
• Which one?
ADJECTIVES ACCORDING TO FUNCTION

1. Attributive Adjective: Adjective is

placed before the noun it modifies.
ADJECTIVE + NOUN = ATTRIBUTIVE ADJECTIVE

Ex:
• True friends are not so hard to find.
• Katarina is a Spanish woman.
• That food was spoiled.
• Colorful birds are a sight to behold.
• She has a blue eyes.

Legend
ADJECTIVE

NOUN
 2. Subjective Complement: Adjective is
placed after the linking verb. It is also
called as predicate adjective.

LINKING VERB + ADJECTIVE = SUBJECT COMPLEMENT

Ex:
• This meal is loaded with vitamins and
minerals.
• The Empire State Building was once
the tallest building.
• I love to listen to familiar songs.
• His eyes are blue.

Legend

ADJECTIVE

NOUN
3. Objective Complement: Adjective
comes after an object of transitive verb.
TRANSITIVE VERB + DIRECT OBJECT + OBJECT
COMPLEMENT = OBJECTIVE COMPLEMENT

Ex: • Guillermo made his painting more

beautiful compared with those of
his friends.
• Stacey considers shopping a
waste of time
• Our classmates elected Annica
president.
• Comedians make people happy.

Legend
DIRECT
OBJECT
OBJECT
COMPLEMENT
 CATEGORIES OF ADJECTIVES

A. Descriptive Adjectives: It gives color

and vividness to the persons, places, or
things.
1. GRADABLE ADJECTIVES:
These can be expressed in
different degrees of comparison by
using more, most, less, or least, or
by affixing with “er” or “est”
Ex:
• Tall
• Famous
2. Absolute Adjectives: It cannot
be compared using the adverb
more, most, less, or least, but other
adverbs of degree can be attached
to them such as almost, nearly, and
not quite.
 Perfect Single Universal
Straight Everlasting Deadly
Fatal Mortal Full
Supreme Blind wrong
A. Limiting Adjectives: It indicates quantity
or number.
Ex:
• I am full.
• Please buy five books.
• Lurami drinks milk thrice a day.
1. Articles: It refers to words that
define a noun as specific or
unspecific.
Rule #63: “The” is used with a specific noun.
It is used when the noun it modifies refers to a
definite object, person, or place. This is the
reason why “the” is called a definite article.
“a” and “an” are indefinite articles and are
used with nonspecific noun. “A” is used to
modify singular nonspecific nouns that begin
with a consonant.
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E
A

OR

AN
2. Numerals: These are either cardinal or
ordinal numbers.
CARDINAL
ORDINAL
+ =?
• He is
intelligent.
3. Pronominals: These are pronouns
which also function as adjectives. The
following are the different kinds of
pronominals.
• Possessive Adjectives
o These are his keys.
o My car skidded.
• Demonstrative Adjectives
o This television set.
o That calendar
• Indefinite Adjectives
o Some graduates
o All students
• Distributive Adjectives
o Each pen
o Neither woman
• Interrogative Adjectives
o Whose car is that?
o What books are you buying today?
o Which team scored higher than in the
last match?
o Which book on proofreading do you
recommend?
+ +
=?
•Sarah Geronimo
is a talented actor.
4. Noun Adjectives: It is also called as
nominal adjectives. These are nouns that
functions as adjectives. The following are the
different kinds of noun adjectives.
• Proper Adjectives
o Los Baños coconut pie
o Filipino music
 • Common Adjectives
o Window blinds
o Body language
• Possessive Adjectives
o Lucio Tan’s empire
o Naomi’s car

OWNER OF THE POSSESSION + APOSTROPHE

(‘) AND S = POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES
 Rule #64: When proper nouns are used
as adjectives, the first letter is always
capitalized.

Ex:
1. One of the best pasalubong is Los Baños
coconut pie.
2. Caroline Costa loves Filipino dish.
C. Participial Adjectives: A
participle that functions as
adjectives.
Adjectives ending in Adjectives ending in
“ed” “ing”
He is annoyed. The noise is annoying.
The student was Math is confusing to me.
confused.
My little sister is A dark room is
frightened of the dark. frightening.
My friend is satisfied. She has a satisfying job.
 D. Compound Adjectives: It is an
adjective that contains two or more
words joined by a hyphen.

20 + =?
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Ex:
• I have just finished reading a 300-page
book.
• He is a well-known writer.
• This is a smoke-free restaurant.
• It was a last-time minute decision.
• Rhian has seen a multicolored birds.
 DEGREES OF COMPARISON
1. Positive Degree: The simple form of the
adjective.

MICSHIA
2. Comparative Degree: It is used when
comparing two persons or things.

CALVIN
MICSHIA
Rule #65: The comparative degree of
almost all one syllable adjectives is
formed by adding er to the positive
degree, or to the simple form of the
adjective. If the adjective ends in y,
change y to i before adding er. Some
adjectives change in the form of word. In
others, you may need to prefix such
comparative words with more or less.
3. Superlative Degree: It is used to
compare more than two persons, places,
and things.

ALEJANDRA
MICSHIA CALVIN
Rule #66: The superlative degree of
almost all adjectives of one syllable
is formed by adding est to the
positive degree, or to the simple form
of the adjective. If the adjective ends in
y, change y to I before adding er. Some
adjectives change in the form of word. In
others, you may need to prefix such
comparative words with more or less.
 DEGREES OF COMPARISON
Positive Comparative Superlative
Bad Worse Worst
Big Bigger Biggest
Comfortable More Most
comfortable comfortable
Many More Most
Out Outer Outermost
Far Further Furthest
Far Farther farthest
Rule #67: Farther refers to distance or
remoteness in space. Further refers to
remoteness in time, to a certain degree,
extent, or quantity. Further is also used to
express the idea of something more or
additional.
Ex:
• The garage is farther than I
thought.
• I shall give you further
instructions tomorrow.
Take Note: There are some adjectives
that you cannot compare.

Perfect Single Universal

Straight Everlasting Deadly
Fatal Mortal Full
Supreme Blind Wrong
 ODER OF ADJECTIVES

Determiner/Number
Quality/Opinion
Size
Age
Shape
Color
Origin
Material
Use/Purpose
ORDER OF ADJECTIVES
Determiners/Numbers
Quality/Opinion
Size
Age
Shape
Color
Origin
Material
Use/Purpose
SUMMARY
 SOURCES
Books
 2017). In C. Rivero-Hernandez, MSA
Comprehensive English Book (pp. 36-38).
MSA Publishing House.
 (2013). In M.E. Days, Czarina J. Malazo (pp.
109-119). FPR Publishing.
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