Adjetives

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Octavio Quezada

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What are Adjectives?

Adjectives are modifiers.

They modify nouns or pronouns.

This means they change the image of a noun or pronoun.

Adjectives can be located by asking the questions:

What kind?

Which one?

How many?

How much?

DETERMINERS

Articles

Indefinite

Definitive

The

a

an

Possessive

Demonstrative

Interrogative

Indefinite

LIGHT-MODIFIRES

Descriptive

Opinion

Size

Age

Shape

Color

Origin

Material

Proper

Kinds of Adjectives

Articles

There are three articles

A

An

The

The is called a definite article because it points out nouns more specifically.

The white old car. (Which car? The white old car)

The Tree is tall and big. (What is tall and big? The tree)

A/An

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Tell meastory.

Have you ever seenatornado?

The can be used before both vowels and consonants.

Ex. The ant, the car.

A must be used before consonant sounds.

Ex. A duck, a fossil, a uniform

An must be used before a vowel sound.

Ex. An umbrella, an excuse.

Possessive Adjectives

Possessive adjectives show ownership of a noun

Singular

My, Your, His, Her, Its

Plural

Our, Your, Their

Now, It is important to differentiate a possessive pronoun from a possessive pronoun.

Possessive pronoun takes the place of the noun while a possessive adjective describes a noun.

Possessive pronoun usually goes after a noun while a possessive adjective can always be found before a noun.

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Ex. These books are mine (possessive pronoun)

These are my books (possessive adjective)

The house at the end of the street is theirs.(Possessive pronoun)

Their house is at the end of the street(possessive adjective)

Demonstrative Adjectives

Demonstrative adjectives point out a noun.

They are the same words as the demonstrative pronouns

There are four demonstratives:

This

That

These

Those.

Ex.

These shoes fit me very well. (these)

Those shoes are too expensive. (those)

This is the best day of my life. (this)

That dog is so adorable. (that)

Difference between Demonstrative Adjectives and Demonstrative Pronouns

A demonstrative pronoun takes the place of a noun.

Ex.

This room is a mess (adjective)

This is your room (pronoun)

Interrogative Adjectives

Interrogative adjectives are used to ask questions

Which?

What?

Whose?

Ex.

Whosecar will they give us?

Whatcar will they give us?

Whichcar will they give us?

Difference between Interrogative Adjectives and Interrogative Pronouns

Ex.

Which one is the guy who beat you?

What are you talking about?

Proper Adjectives.

One type of descriptive adjective is called proper adjective.

Proper adjectives are derived from, or come from, proper nouns. This means that they must always be capitalized.

Proper adjectives sometimes are formed by adding a suffix to the proper noun

Sometimes proper nouns do not change in the form at all when they become proper adjectives.

Ex. President Kennedy was a good leader. (In this sentence President Kennedy is a person; therefore, he is a noun.

Ex. The Kennedy Library is very large. (In this sentence Kennedy is describing the library; therefore, it is an adjective.

Degree of Adjectives

An adjective suffer affixation when we are comparing.

Ex.

Positive ComparingSuperlativeTallTallerTallestBigBiggerBiggest SlowSlowerSlowestPrettyPrettierPrettiest GOODBETTERBEST

Location of Adjectives

Adjectives can be located in three places in a sentence.

The most common location is directly in front of the noun it is modifying.

Ex. The big dog, the new boy.

Another location is after a linking verb or verb of condition.

These are called predicated adjectives.

Ex. The game was interesting

The final location of adjectives occurs after a noun when it is set off by commas.

Ex. The book, well-written and suspenseful, kept my interest

Bibliography.

https://www.englishclub.com/grammar/adjectives-determiners.htm

http://www.really-learn-english.com/english-adjectives.html

http://es.slideshare.net/GabbieAllTheWay7/adjectives-25091631

The Oxford Dictionary of American Usage and Styleby Bryan Garner. Copyright 1995 by Bryan A. Garner. Published by Oxford University Press, Inc., www.oup-usa.org, and used with the gracious consent of Oxford University Press.