ADJECTIVES

ADJECTIVES

- Describing word.

- Tell about a person, place and thing.

- Modify nounsor pronouns (more specific)

- Add information -size, colour, age, material, other attributes and qualities.

- e.g : The back room was filled with large yellow pails.

           The hall was dark and dusty.

    

> ADJECTIVES ARE IDENTIFIED BY THEIR ENDINGS (SUFFIXES)

• ful – wonderful
• eous – gorgeous
• y – funny
• ish – childish
• ble – workable
• ial – dictatorial
• ent – different
• less – useless
• ng – exciting
• ly – friendly
• ar – familiar
• ive – abrasive
• ic - heroic
• ese - Japanese
• al - bridal

TYPES OF ADJECTIVES

1) ATTRIBUTIVE ADJECTIVES

    - Come before the noun

       e.g : good runner.

               blue sky.

               red shoes.

2) PREDICATIVE ADJECTIVES

    - Come after noun and a linking verb - be , become, get, seemed

        e.g : The scarf is pink.

                He is honest.

                That patient seemed nervous.

3) POSTPOSITIVE ADJECTIVES

    - Come immediately after the modified noun

       e.g : court martial

               battle royal

               body politic

               Governor General

4) QUALITATIVE ADJECTIVES

     - These adjectives identify a quality that a person, an animal or a thing has

     - Size,shape, character, age.

     - This adjective is gradable

       e.g : clean, cleaner, cleanest

               easy, easier, easiest

5) COLOUR ADJECTIVES

    - specify the colour of things.

       e.g : green shirt

               black stripes

    - Qualitative adj - bright, dark, light ( show strength & intensity of the colour)

      e.g : light brown

              bright red scarf

6) COMPOUND QUALITATIVE ADJECTIVES

    

    

   > Qualitative adj, also express speaker/ writer's opinion.

      - Strong feelings - e.g : absolute rubbish

                                              total bliss

                                              I think that dress is beautiful.

                                              It was an exciting trip.

7) INTERROGATIVE ADJECTIVES

    - which or what

     - e.g : what book are you reading?

                Which one is yours?

8) DEMONSTRATIVE ADJECTIVE

     - This, these, that, those, and that

     - e.g : When the librarian trip over that cord, she dropped a pile of books.

                ( that- modifies the noun cord)

     - Space - e.g : That picture on the wall is interesting.

                               I like these shoes that I am wearing.

    - Time - e.g : Those years were fun when I was a kid.

                           This afternoon I will sleep.

e.g : He has a  small square new red chinese cotton sleeping bag