Lesson 2

English 6
3rd Quarter
 He writes meaningless letters.

Lisa is wearing a sleeveless shirt today.

Linda's hair is gorgeous.

Margot wore a beautiful hat to the pie-eating contest.

ADJECTIVES
Adjectives are words that describe or
modify another person or thing in the
sentence.
 the tall professor
the lugubrious lieutenant
a solid commitment
a month's pay
a six-year-old child
the unhappiest, richest man
ADJECTIVES can be . . .
Descriptive Adjectives.
Numerical Adjectives.
Possessive Adjectives.
SCRIPTIVE ADJECTI
A word that describes a noun/pronoun is called a descriptive adjective. It
bestows a quality/feature to the noun.
Alex is a nice person.
He is a cricketer.
I bought a genuine product.
I am a self-reliant man.
He has a beautiful niece.
She is a clever girl.
Give me that red big grammar book.
I have an old touring car.
UMERICAL ADJECTIV
A numeral adjective is an adjective that tells us about how
many or how much or in what order the noun is in.

One, two, five, ten, first, second, third, tenth,

twelfth, last, all, some, few, each, most, many, no,
several are common examples of numeral
adjectives.
OSSESSIVE ADJECTIV
A possessive adjective sits before a noun (or a pronoun)
to show who or what owns it.

The possessive adjectives are my, your, his, her, its,

our, their, and whose.
EGREE OF ADJECTIV
each adjective has its three degrees
Positive Adjective.
Comparative Adjective.
Superlative Adjective.
OSITIVE ADJECTIVE
A positive degree is used to show characteristics or property of one thing
( noun or pronoun ). Describing only one thing

Alex is a nice person.

I bought a genuine product.
I am a self-reliant man.
He has a beautiful niece.
She is a clever girl.
Give me that red big grammar book.
I have an old touring car.
MPARATIVE ADJECT
A comparative degree is used to show characteristics or property of one
thing ( noun or pronoun ). It makes comparison between two things. ( er
& more )
PERLATIVE ADJECTI
A superlative degree is used to show characteristic or property of one
thing in comparison to many other things. It makes comparison of one
thing to many other things.