Adjectives

Adjectives

1. Adjectives are words that modify or describe a noun or noun phrase.

2. Types

   • Descriptive Adjetives
     • Describe condition of person or thing.
     • Attributive Adjetives
       • Describe a characteristic (or attribute) of the noun or pronoun that they modify
         • The black dog is barking
     • Predicate Adjetives
       • Used in the predicate of a clause to describe either the subject of the clause or the direct object of a verb.
         • You look nice
   • Limiting Adjetives
     • Limits person or thing.
     • Definite & Indefinite Articles
       • Definite
         • There is only one definite article, the Examples: The cat (a specific, identifiable cat) The cottages (specific, identifiable cottages)
       • Indefinite
         • There are two indefinite articles, a and an. Examples: A lion (any lion) An ant (any ant)
     • Possessive Adjectives
       • my, your, his, her, its, our, and their
     • Demonstrative Adjectives
       • “this,” “these,” “that,” “those,”
     • Interrogative Adjectives
       • “which” or “what”
         • Examples: Which plants should be watered twice a week? What book are you reading?
     • Indefinite Adjectives
       • similar to an indefinite pronoun, except that it modifies a noun, pronoun, or noun phrase.
     • Cardinal Adjectives
       • modify the noun by numbering it (stating how many) are cardinal adjectives
         • Examples: Five pens Three fish
     • Ordinal Adjectives
       • Indicates the position of a noun in a series.
         • Examples: The first date The third day
     • Proper Adjectives
       • derived from proper names are called proper adjectives
         • Examples: French bread Russian opera
     • Nouns used as Adjectives
       • Sometimes nouns can be used as adjectives to define or describe another noun.
         • Examples: The computer exhibition A history teacher