Types of Adjectives

Types of Adjectives

1. Descriptive Adjectives

   • Attributive adjectives
     • Definition
       • Attributive adjectives are adjectives that describe a characteristic (or attribute) of the noun or pronoun that they modify.
     • Example
       • Look at that tiny squirrel
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   • Predicate Adjectives
     • Example
       • The gift will be a headphones
     • Definition
       • The simplest predicate adjective definition is that it describes or modifies the subject of a sentence.
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2. Limiting Adjectives

   • Definite and Indefinite Articles
     • Examples
       • There is a thief
       • The TV is off
     • Definition
       • The definite article (the) is used before a noun to indicate that the identity of the noun is known to the reader. The indefinite article (a, an) is used before a noun that is general or when its identity is not known.
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   • Possessive Adjectives
     • Example
       • Your bike is blue?
     • Definition
       • They are words that modify a noun to show a form of possession, a sense of belonging or ownership to a specific person, animal or thing. The possessive adjectives that are used in the English language are: my, your, our, its, her, his, and their; each one corresponds to a subject pronoun.
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   • Demonstrative Adjectives
     • Example
       • That pear has a worm
     • Definition
       • Demonstrative adjectives are special adjectives or determiners used to identify or express the relative position of a noun in time or space.
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   • Indefinite Adjetives
     • Examples
       • Few people have a good backpack.
     • Definition
       • An indefinite adjective is an adjective used to describe a noun in a non-specific sense.
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   • Interrogative Adjectives
     • Definition
       • Interrogative adjectives are words similar to interrogative pronouns, but they can’t stand on their own. In other words, they serve to modify another term, specifically a noun. The words “which” and “what” are the two interrogative adjectives and are used in interrogative sentences to modify nouns found in the question.
     • Example
       • What game did Michael want to sell
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   • Cardinal Adjectives
     • Definition
       • The Cardinal Adjectives denote how many as one, two, three, four, etc.
     • Examples
       • There are 2 right answers
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   • Ordinal Adjectives
     • Definition
       • An ordinal number used as an adjective.
     • Example
       • Our team won first place
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   • Proper adjectives
     • Definition
       • Proper adjective is a word that modifies nouns and pronouns and is formed from a proper noun. A proper noun is the specific name used for any person, place, or thing.
     • Example
       • I am a honduran
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   • Nouns used as Adjectives
     • Definition
       • English often uses nouns as adjectives - to modify other nouns.
     • Example
       • We are studing victorian literature
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