ADJECTIVES

ADJECTIVES

1. MODIFY A NOUN OR A PRONOUN

2. COMMON ADJECTIVE

   • COMMON NOUN

3. SYNTACTIC FUNCTIONS

   • PREDICATIVE
   • ATTRIBUTIVE
   • POSTPOSITIVE

4. ANSWER=

   • WHICH ONE?
   • WHAT KIND?
   • HOW MANY?
   • HOW MUCH?
   • WHOSE?

5. SEMANTIC CLASIFICATION

   • GRADABLE
     • NON-GRADABLE
   • STATIVE
     • DINAMIC
   • INHERENT
     • NON-INHERENT

6. PROPER ADJECTIVE

   • PROPER NOUN

7. SEMANTIC-SYNTACTIC CLASIFICATION

   • RESTRICTIVE
   • RELATED TO ADVERBS
   • DENOMINAL
   • INTENSIFYING
     • EMPHASIZERS
     • AMPLIFIERS
     • DOWNTONERS

8. ORDER

   • NOSASCOMP
     • OPINION
     • SIZE
     • AGE
     • SHAPE
     • COLOR
     • ORIGIN
     • MATERIAL
     • NUMBER
     • PURPOSE

9. CHARACTERISTICS

   • MORPHOLOGICAL
     • INFLECTION -ER AND -EST (COMPARISON)
   • NOTIONAL
     • QUALIFY = THINGS, PEOPLE, STATES
   • FUNCTIONAL
     • ATTRIBUTIVE
       • PREDICATIVE

10. COMPOUND

    • ADJ.+PAST PARTICIPLE
    • NOUN+PAST PARTICIPLE
    • ADVERB+PAST PARTICIPLE
    • ADJ.+PRESENT PARTICIPLE
    • NOUN+PRESENT PARTICIPLE
    • ADJ.+NOUN
    • NOUN+ADJECTIVE
    • NUMBER + NOUN