ADJECTIVES

ADJECTIVES

1. Describe nouns and pronouns

   • good-happy
     • John is a good person, but he isn´t happy.

2. comparatives

   • comparative of equality
     • structure as (+)adjective(+) (as) example: Mario is as tall as his sister is.
   • comparative of superiority
     • short adjectives (tall. old) structure adjective(+)-er(+)than example: they are older than I am.
     • long adjectives (intelligent, beautiful) structure more(+)adjective(+)than example: I am more intelligent than my friend is.
   • comparative of inferiority
     • structure: less(+)adjective(+) than example: Lesly is less friendly than her brother is.

3. the royal order of adjectives

   • 1: number
   • 2: opinion
   • 3: size
   • 4: age
   • 5: shape
   • 6: color
   • 7: origin
   • 8: material
   • 9: purpose(nouns)
   • 10: nouns

4. by position

   • 1: attribitive. adjectives come before the word they modify.
   • 2: predicative. adjectives come after liking verbs.
   • 3: pos-positive. adjectives come after the word they modify

5. participles

   • 1: present participle. example the studying table.
   • 2: past-participle. example: depressed people don´t want to live.

6. adjective clause: example the article which has useful information is mine.

7. adjective phrase: example: This pie is very delicious and extremely expensive.

8. Gradable adjectives example: It is a little cold outside today.

9. non-gradable adjectives. example: It is freezing today.

10. absolute adjectives. when any is or isn´t. example: Jorge is dead.

11. Extreme adjectives. example furious, spotless, fearless. the house seemed spotless yesterday.

12. types of adjectives

    • descriptive example: depressed people
    • limiting example: 70% of people have depression.

13. proper adjectives come form proper nouns

14. stative adjectives: tall, old, rich.

15. Dynamic adjectives come after imperative sentences example: be kind.

16. inherent adjectives example: the red house.

17. Non-inherent adjectives example: the new house.