ADJECTIVES

ADJECTIVES

1. ANSWER:

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

2. CHARACTERISTICS

   • MORPHOLOGICAL
     • INFLECTIONS -ER, -EST
   • NOTIONAL
     • AFFIXES A-, -Y, -FUL, -LESS, -ABLE, -IC
     • GRADABLE
       • STATIVE
         • INHERENT
           • NON-INHERENT
         • DYNAMIC
     • NON-GRADABLE
   • FUNCTIONAL
     • ATTRIBUTIVE ADJECTIVES
       • THEY COME BEFORE THE HEAD NOUN.
         • EXAMPLE: THE DEPRESSED GIRL IS CRYING.
     • PREDICATIVE ADJECTIVES
       • THEY COME AFTER LINKING VERBS.
         • EXAMPLE: ADRIANA IS CRYING FOR HER MOTHER.
     • POSTPOSITIVE ADJECTIVES
       • THEY IMMEDIATELY FOLLOW THW NOUN THEY MODIFY.
         • EXAMPLE: HE CONSIDERS ME KINd.

3. THEY DESCRIBE:

   • NOUNS
   • PRONOUNS

4. COMPOUND ADJECTIVES

   • NOUN+PRESNET PARTICIPLE
     • EYE-CATCHING
   • NOUN+PAST PARTICIPLE
     • SUN-DRIED
   • ADJECTIVE+NOUN
     • DEEP-SEA
   • ADJECTIVE+PRESENT PARTICIPLE
     • LONG-LASTING
   • ADJECTIVE+PAST PARTICIPLE
     • LONG-SLEEVED
   • NUMBER+NOUN
     • TWO-PAGE
   • ADVERB+PAST PARTICIPLE
     • WELL-KNOWN
   • NOUN+ADJECTIVE
     • WORLD-WIDE

5. ORDER OF ADJECTIVES IN A SERIES

   • NUMBER
     • ONE, TWO
   • OPINION
     • UGLY, BEAUTIFUL
   • SIZE
     • SMALL, TALL
   • AGE
     • ANCIENT, NE
   • SHAPE
     • FLAT, ROUND
   • COLOR
     • PINK, RED
   • ORIGIN
     • FRENCH, PORTUGUESE
   • MATERIAL
     • PAPE, WOOD
   • PURPOSE
     • SPORTS, SOCCER
   • HEAD NOUN
     • CAR, GIRL

6. SEMANTIC CLASSIFICATION

   • STATIVE
     • A TALL BOY
   • GRADABLE
     • ABSOLUTE
       • BIG
       • LOWEST
     • COMPARATIVE
       • MIDDLE
       • BIGGER
     • SUPERLATIVE
       • HIGHEST
       • THE BIGGEST
   • DYNAMIC
     • THE KIND BOY
   • NON-GRADABLE
     • THET ARE THE LIMIT OF A SCALE.
     • NO USE OF COMPARATIVES
     • NO USE OF SUPERLATIVES
     • THEY ARE ALSO CALLED EXTREME
       • ABSOLUTE ADJECTIVES
         • DEAD/ALIVE
   • INHERENT
     • THE WOODEN CROSS
   • NON-INHERENT
     • THE NEW FRIEND

7. DESCRIPTIVE ADJECTIVES

   • PROPER ADJECTIVES
     • FRENCH
     • ITALIAN
   • COMMON ADJECTIVES
     • TALL
     • BAD

8. SEMANTIC-SYNTACTIC CLASSIFICATION

   • INTENSIFYING ADJECTIVES
     • AMPLIFIERS
       • COMPLETE, GREAT, VERY, THOROUGH
     • EMPHASIZERS
       • CERTAIN, DEFINITE, SIMPLE, PLAIN,
     • DOWNTONES
       • SLIGHT, MINOR, LEAST
   • RESTRICTIVE ADJECTIVES
     • EXACT, SAME