THE ADJECTIVES

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What is Adjective?

Adjective is a word that describe or modify a noun (another person or thing) in the

sentence. 

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Types of Adective

1. Demonstrative Adjectives2. Interrogative Adjectives3. Indefinite Adjectives4. Personal titles5. Numbers

1. Demonstrative adjective

The adjectives that demonstrate and indicate something.

e.g: that, this, those, these

2. Interrogative Adjectives

An interrogative adjective is like an interrogative pronoun, except that it

modifies a noun or noun phrase rather than standing on its own.

e.g: which, what, where, when, who 

3. Indefinite Adjectives

Indefinite adjectives do not point out specific things like demontrative

adjectives do. e.g: any, no, many, few, several

4. Personal titles

Personal titles such as Mrs., Mr., aunty, uncle, doctor, and Lord are

considered adjectives when they are attached to a noun.

5. Numbers

Numbers are also classified as adjectives.

ADJECTIVE ORDER CHART

Opinion Size Age Shape Color Nationality Material Purpose Noun

expensive small German racing car

pretty antique gold mirror

tiny round yellow flowers

long blonde hair

medium square checker board

little blue cardboard doll house

strong young American baseball player

tasty Italian food

noisy 4-year-old white Siamese cat

Exercise!Part I

• 1.  Those are probably the ___________ curtains in the store. A. fancyestB. fanciestC. most fanciest

• 2.  Uncle Carl is really ______________________ man.  A. an old sweet B. a sweet, old C. a sweet old

• 3.  The Karmen-Ghia used to be _________________ sportscar.  A. a fine German B. a German, fine C. a fine, German

• 4.  Everyone was home for the holidays. What could make for ___________ Christmas than that?  A. a merryer B. the merriest C. a merrier

• 5.  They grew up in ___________________ house in Mexico City.  A. a comfortable, little B. a little, comfortable C. a comfortable little

Exercise!Part II• Which is the correct order?

–   ?    an old cotton dirty tie–   ?    a dirty old cotton tie–   ?    a cotton dirty old tie–   ?    a dirty cotton old tie

• Which is the correct order?–   ?    an old square wooden table–   ?    a wooden old square table–   ?    an old wooden square table–   ?    a square wooden old table

• Which is the correct order?–   ?    a thin small Canadian lady–   ?    a Canadian small thin lady–   ?    a small thin Canadian lady–   ?    a small Canadian thin lady

• Which is the correct order?–   ?    a beautiful blue sailing boat–   ?    a blue sailing beautiful boat–   ?    a blue beautiful sailing boat–   ?    a sailing beautiful blue boat

• Which is the correct order?–   ?    a new steel carving knife–   ?    a carving steel new knife–   ?    a new carving steel knife–   ?    a steel new carving knife

Sources1. Grammar monster.com. Link:

http://www.grammar-monster.com/lessons/adjectives.htm2. MacFadyen, Heather. Unniversity of Ottawa. Link:

http://www.writingcentre.uottawa.ca/hypergrammar/adjectve.html

3. Mastin Mallory, Kaye. English Zone. Link: http://www.lernado.it/english/english1/seconde_1/Adjective%20Order.htm  

4. Guide to grammar and writing. Link: http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/cgi-shl/quiz.pl/adjectives_quiz.htm

5. University of Victoria, English Language Centre. Link: http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/adjord1.htm