UNIT 04

ADJECTIVES
What are ADJECTIVES?
ADJECTIVES modify nouns and pronouns. Two types of adjectives are :
• DESCRIPTIVE, describing a quality of the noun
Ex : tall tree, stellar performance
• LIMITING, limiting the noun being described
Ex : my dog, the second try
 DESCRIPTIVE ADJECTIVES
can be attributive adjectives or predicate adjectives.

Attributive Adjectives:
Adjectives which appear directly beside the noun, most commonly before,
are called attributive, because they attribute a quality to the noun they
modify. More than one adjective can modify the same noun.
Examples:
1. He washed the empty cup.
"Empty" is an attributive adjective, as it is placed directly beside the noun "cup“. It is
describing the cup.
2.The chatter made the room noisy.
"Noisy" is describing the "room“.
DESCRIPTIVE ADJECTIVES
Predicate Adjectives:
Adjectives which appear after a linking verb are called predicative,
because they form part of the predicate. They modify the subject of the
sentence or clause (a clause is a portion of a sentence which contains a
subject and a predicate).

Examples:
1. The painting was colorful.
noun: painting, linking verb: was , adjective: colorful (describing the noun "painting")
2. The wind remained strong.
noun: wind, linking verb: remained, adjective: strong (describing the noun "wind")
LIMITING ADJECTIVES
Limiting adjectives do as their name suggests, they limit the noun
being described.

•Demonstrative
A demonstrative adjective is a demonstrative pronoun that appears
before a noun and emphasizes it.
Example: (note the difference)
demonstrative pronoun: These are wonderful.
demonstrative adjective: These apples are wonderful.
LIMITING ADJECTIVES
• Qualitative

Qualitative adjectives are gradable, they can be used in the comparative or the
superlative degree.
Example :
1.I was so sad because my cat passed away. (superlative degree)
2.My sister is taller than me. (comparative degree)

Other words: small, happy, wise, pretty, etc.

LIMITING ADJECTIVES
• Quantitative Adjectives

When we say quantitative adjective it means word/s that are countable to

describe things...

quantitative adjectives : some , much , little , enough , all , no , any ,whole

For example:
1. Give me some food.
2. I do not have enough water.
3. Do you have any money?
Adjectives ending in –ing and -ed
Adjectives ending in –ing Adjectives ending in -ed
- Boring - Bored
- Interesting - Interested
- Tiring - Tired
- Satisfying - Satisfied
- Depressing - Depressed

boring - I am bored with my job

interesting - I’m not interested in my job anymore.
My Job is tiring - I get very tired doing my job.
satisfying - I’m not satisfied with my job.
depressing - My job makes me depressed.
FACT ADJECTIVES
They give us factual information about age, size, color, etc.
Example: new/ large/ round/ wooden

OPINION ADJECTIVES
They tell us what somebody thinks of something or somebody
Example: nice / beautiful

The Order of Adjective

1 2 3 4 5 NOUN
How big? How old What color? Where from? What is it made
of?
MINI TEST (INDIVIDUAL HOMEWORK)
• MAKE 3 SENTENCES FOR EACH ADJECTIVE !
1. Demonstrative

2.Qualitative

3. Quantitative

4.Attributive

5. Predicative
 THANK YOU

“It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the
most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change”

- CHARLES DARWIN -