Adjectives

Adjectives

1. Describing word. It describes and adds meaning to a noun or pronoun

   • Descriptive or describing
     • Most common, tell us the quality of a person or thing
       • Factual
         • tells us the qualities of a person or a thing
           • EXAMPLE: big small happy
             • He is a big boy
       • Classifying
         • places something into a group or type
           • EXAMPLE: Australian, American,
             • He is Australian
   • Possessive
     • Show possession in a sentence
       • Singular
         • 1st person, 2nd person, 3rd person
           • EXAMPLE: my; your; his, her, its
             • Thats yours
       • Plural
         • 1st person, 2nd person, 3rd person
           • EXAMPLE: our; your; their
             • This is ours
   • Numeral or Numbering
     • the number or numerical order of things
       • Cardinal
         • state the number of things
           • EXAMPLE: five, eleven, ten
             • There are five chickens
       • Ordinal
         • states the order of things
           • EXAMPLE: first, fifth, tenth
             • Benny came fifth in the race
   • Demonstrative
     • demonstrate or point out, sometimes called pointing adjectives
       • EXAMPLE: this that these and those
         • This hat is mine
   • Distributive
     • point to seperate thing
       • EXAMPLE: each, either, neither, every
         • Every person must attend
   • Interrgoative
     • Ask questions
       • EXAMPLE: which, what and whose
         • Whose dog is that?
   • Modal
     • describing words that show amounts of probability or certainty
       • EXAMPLE: possible, definite
         • I am definitely going out tonight
   • Indefinite
     • refers to a number but not the actual amount
       • EXAMPLES: some, few, many, most
         • There were many people at the park