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PRESENTATION ON ADJECTIVE. BY MANDISA MKWANAZI COMPUTER-ASISTED LANGUAGE LEARNING GSL 520 SAINT MICHAEL’S COLLEGE SUMMER 2011. ADJECTIVES INTRODUCTION DO YOU KNOW WHAT AN ADJECTIVE IS? An adjective is a describing word It can describes the following:. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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PRESENTATION ON ADJECTIVE
BYMANDISA MKWANAZI
COMPUTER-ASISTED LANGUAGE
LEARNING GSL 520
SAINT MICHAEL’S COLLEGESUMMER 2011
ADJECTIVESINTRODUCTION
DO YOU KNOW WHAT AN ADJECTIVE IS?An adjective is a describing
word It can describes the following:
It helps describing
people
places
things
In other word they describe nouns.
In most sentences it goes
before the word it describes the
noun.
It can also come after the verb.
EXAMPLE OF ADJECTIVES
shinysunny
bright brown
red four
We can use them in such a mannerHe is wearing a shiny red track suite.
Shinny red is an adjective.
Track suite is a noun. John runs faster than all the boys.
faster is an adjective.
runs is a verb.
WHATKIND
WHICHONE
HOW MANY
HOW MUCH
ADJECTIVES ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS
To make perfect sentences follow this order:
SIZE
My big dog is dead.
TEXTURE
Thandi’s soft hair.
COLOR
Nsika has a brown jacket.
TYPE
The short man ran.
DEGREES OF ADJECTIVES:
Adjectives can express degree of modification:
The degrees of comparison are known as the
Positive, the comparative and the superlative.
The comparative and superlative show degrees;
Comparative for comparing two things.
Superlative for comparing three things.
Positive
Comparative Superlativerich richer richest
lovely lovelier loveliest
Beautiful more beautiful most beautiful
Examples of degrees
Notice that the word than frequently accompanies the comparative and the word the precedes the superlative
Gladys is a rich woman, but Josie is richer than
Gladys, and Sadie is the richest woman in town.
Comparative = suffix – er or ierSuperlative = sufix – est or iest
Certain adjectives have irregular forms in the comparative and superlative degrees:
Irregular Comparative and Superlative Formsgood better best
bad worse worst
little less least
muchmanysome more most
far further furthest
Positive
1. ________
2. good
3.________
4. ________
5. much
Comparative
Richer
_________ less
_________
__________
Superlative
___________
Best
___________
most
___________
Activity 1: fill the in the correct answer:
