Adjectives

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What is Adjective?

Adjectives refer to words that

give descriptions to nouns in
the sentence, either persons
or things.
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Articles a, an, and the also belong to adjective. They
are considered special type of adjectives.

1 Article THE
Article the is a definite article which is used to
identify a specific noun.
Example: The student saw the professor inside the
classroom.

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Articles a, an, and the also belong to adjective. They
are considered special type of adjectives.

2 Article A
Article a is used when the word next to it
begins with a consonant.
Example: : a building, a pencil, a civil engineer, a
mechanical engineer, a psychologist

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Articles a, an, and the also belong to adjective. They
are considered special type of adjectives.

3 Article An
Article an is used when the word next to it
begins with a vowel.
Example: an electrical engineer, an electricity, an
equipment, an organization

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 Uses of Adjective
1. Adjectives are used to notify the
readers WHICH KIND?

Example: The professor is a competent

researcher of the University.

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 Uses of Adjective
2. Adjectives are used to notify the
readers HOW MANY?

Example: There are four faculty members

in the school who are sick.

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Adjective Clause
vs.
Adjective Phrase

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• Adjective Clause
Adjective Clause refers to a group of
words that is independent or cannot stand
alone. It modifies a noun or a pronoun by
stating WHAT KIND or WHICH ONE? It
is commonly introduced by relative
pronouns who, whom, which, who, and
that or subordinate conjunctions like when
and where.
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• Adjective Clause
Examples:
• Appreciate the students who are
committed and engaged in their
studies.

• The students dream to stay in the

country where the weather is cold and
frosty.
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Adjective Clause can be classified as essential or
nonessential.

1 Essential Adjective Clause

It refers to a group of words that is not set off
by a comma.

Example: The English teacher who passed by the

office was my cousin and friend.

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Other Examples:

• The man who left his wallet is coming back for

it.

• The time when I go to bed changes in the

summer.

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Adjective Clause can be classified as essential or
nonessential.

2 Non-essential Adjective Clause

It refers to a group of words that is set apart by
a comma.

Example: Dr. Santos, who is a neuro surgeon, will be

retiring next year.

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Other Examples:

• The school library, which is next to the cafeteria,

is my favorite place in school
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• Mary, whose mom is a nurse, sits behind me in class.

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• Adjective Phrase
Adjective Phrase refers to a group of
words with a modifying word to describe
the subject that can be a noun or a
pronoun. It refers to a group of words
with a modifying word to describe the
subject that can be a noun or a pronoun.

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Examples:
The professor has a very expensive car.

Note: The adjective phrase here is “very

expensive” that modifies car.

The machine has an extremely green color.

Note: The adjective phrase here is “extremely

green” that modifies the noun color.
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Coordinate Adjectives
These adjectives refer to two or more
adjectives that describe only one subject
or noun. They are separated by the
conjunction “and” or by a comma.

Examples:
Dr. Santos is a brilliant, competent, and
effective professor in the College of Arts
and Sciences.
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Order of Adjectives
1 Opinion 5 Color

2 Size 6 Origin

3 Age 7 Materials

4 Shape 8 Purpose

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Example:

• My favorite big old long

opinion size age shape

blue Italian wool school

jumper.
color origin material purpose

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Collective Adjective?
Collective adjectives are those
characteristics used to describe a
group of people. These adjectives
function as nouns, always plural in
form, and follow the use of the
definite article the.
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Example:
• The poor are to be help.
• The brilliant need to be
rewarded and aided.
• The hardworking are always
admired and appreciated.
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Collective adjectives can also refer to the
nationality of a group of people which
always start in capital letter.

Examples:
The Chinese stay in the Philippines for
business purpose.
The Japanese produce quality cars.
The French are found in Europe.
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