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Tuesday, 19th October 2021

THAT’S A COOL CAR

I. WHAT IS THE ADJECTIVE?


A word or phrase naming an attribute, added to or grammatically related to a
noun to modify or describe it.
II. Types of adjectives:
There are eight types of an adjective, depending on the place of an
adjective in a sentence, meaning, and other illustrations,

1. Descriptive Adjective
2. Demonstrative Adjective
3. Distributive adjective
4. Interrogative Adjective
5. Numeral Adjective
6. Quantitative Adjective
7. Proper Adjective
8. Possessive Adjective

A.Descriptive Adjective:
A descriptive adjective is used to illustrate or to give some description of
the qualities of a noun or pronoun of a sentence.

Examples:

1. Harley Davidson bikes are stylish, fast, and expensive.


2. Daniel bought a beautiful flower bouquet to present
her gorgeous girlfriend.
3. She is very hungry.
4. Oxford University has an attractive auditorium.
5. He came into the party with an ugly hairstyle.}

Adjective:

 Beautiful: (biutiful): bonito


 Gorgeous(yoryus): egoista
 Attractive: (atractif) atractivo
 Ugly: (agli): Feo
 Stylish(estilish):Elegante
 Fast: (fas) rapido
 Slow: (eslou)lento
 Smart: (esmar)inteligente
 Clever(clever) inteligente
 Tall: (tol) alto
 Long: (long)largo
 Small(esmol) pequeño

B. Demonstrative Adjective:
The demonstrative adjective is used to demonstrate certain things, people, or
animals. This adjective is also telling the position of the noun and comes before
other adjectives in the phrase of a sentence to which it is going to modify.

This, these, that, those are demonstrative adjectives.

Where this(near) and these(far) are used to assign singular noun that
are close to us.

And that(near) and those(near) are used to assign plural nouns that are
far from us.

Examples:

1. Those pictures were just awesome when we looked at the exhibition.


2. Watching these kinds of movies is nothing but wasting time.
3. These all are my office colleagues.
4. Collect all the fruits and put on that table.
5. These cookies are nicer baked than yesterday’s cookies.

C.Distributive Adjective:
Distributive Adjectives are generally used to point to a particular group or
individual and are used with singular nouns. It is used to modify nouns. Each,
every, neither, and either is four distributive Adjectives.

Examples,

1. Each student has to take part in cultural events.


2. There were two washing machines, but neither worked properly.
3. I will be happy with either decision.
4. Every bogie of a train is filled with coal.
5. The monkey divides the piece of bread and gives them to each cat.

D.Interrogative Adjective:
Interrogative adjectives are the adjectives that tend to ask questions or to interrogate
nouns or pronouns and to modify them as well in a sentence.

There are three interrogative adjectives, “what, which, and whose,” respectively.

These adjectives no longer function like adjectives if the noun or a pronoun does
not present just after these words in a sentence.

Other wh- type or question words cannot be considered adjectives because they
don’t modify the nouns or pronouns, respectively.

Examples,

1. Which bracelets do you like the most?


2. What location type are you looking to go to?
3. What is the exact location?
4. Whose ambition is to become an astronaut?

E. Numeral Adjective:
A numeral adjective determines the number of nouns present in any sentence.
Numeral Adjectives are of three types:

1. Definite Numeral Adjectives(cardinal and ordinal): Definite numeral


adjectives contain two types, Cardinal numeral adjective, and ordinal
numeral adjective.
a. Cardinal numeral adjective is used to count anything in
numbers. (one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eigth, nine,
ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen,
seventeen, eighteen nineteen, twenty, twenty-one twenty-
two,.. thirty, thirty –one-thirty-two, forty, forty-one.., fifty,
fifty-one, fifty-two.. sixty- sixty-one,…seventy, seventy-
one… eighty. Eighty-one, … ninety, ninety- one, ..one
hundred,…one thousand,…million.. etc.)
b. The ordinal numeral adjective is used to mention the order
or position of anything. (first(fers), second(secon),
third(dirth), fourth(foth), fifth(fith) sixth(sixth),
seventh(seventh), eigth(eigth), nineth(naith)
tenth(tenth).etc.)
2. Indefinite Numeral Adjectives: Indefinite numeral adjectives are words
that witness the presence or absence of anything like some, few, more,
many, all, no, etc.
3. Distributive Numeral Adjectives: The distributive numeral adjectives are
such adjectives that are used to distribute like each, neither, either, every,
etc.

Examples,

1. Mark purchased five Bugatti cars from the showroom. (Cardinal)


2. The second part of this movie is mind-blowing. (Ordinal)
3. Some people can never understand french. (Quantitative)
4. All the money you have can never buy happiness. (Indefinite)
5. Every living thing needs energy. (distributive)

F. Quantitative Adjective:
The quantitative adjective is used to explain the noun ( person or thing )and its
quantity in a sentence. Sometimes a numeral adjective is also called a
quantitative adjective though it specifies the numbers. The quantitative type of
adjective belongs to the question statement category like “how much or how
many,” respectively.

Little, more, much, few, all, large, small, tall, thirty, fifty, etc. are
quantitative adjectives.

Examples,

1. I want many chocolates to eat. (how much)


2. Among all, some of them are Spanish, a few are Turkish, and
the rest are Afrikans. (how many)
3. He played the guitar for the very first time. (how many)
4. There are 206 bones in a human skeleton. (how many)
5. Two boys are seriously injured in an accident. (how many)

G.Proper Adjective:
A proper adjective is an adjective that gives extra information related
to a proper noun of a person, thing, animal, or object. Though it refers
to a particular person of existence and hence needs to be capitalized.

Examples,

1. Australian kangaroos are very healthy.


2. People called them Astronomers who study Astronomy.
3. African people are very hard workers.
4. I tasted different types of food, but Indian food has the best taste.
5. The highest currency in the world is the Kuwaiti Dinar.

H.Possessive Adjective:
A possessive adjective is an adjective that shows the possessive nature of
the noun of a person or place in any sentence.

Possessive adjectives also function like possessive pronouns.

 First-person: My, ours.


 Second-person: Yours.
 Third-person: His, hers, its, their, whose.

Examples,

1. My computer is working in better condition.


2. Their black Mercedes Benz car looks more attractive than this one.
3. Whose father is Ex-Army men?
4. Is this band yours?
5. Both sisters have their own cupboard for clothes.

III. WHAT IS THE ORDER OF USE OF THE ADJECTIVES?


EXAMPLES:

 It was made of a strange, green, metallic material.


 She was a beautiful, tall, thin, young, Scottish model.
 He has a fancy, new, Italian, touring car.
 It is a beautiful dog → Es un perro hermoso.
 I have a blue skirt → Yo tengo una falda azul.
 This car is very fast → Este carro es muy rápido.
 Those are my shoes → Esos son mis zapatos.
 There are so many things to do → Hay muchas cosas que hacer.
 There is no much time → No hay mucho tiempo.
 These are their books → Estos son sus libros.
 This is my house → Esta es mi casa.

HOMEWORK

1. READ THE TEXT AND UNDERLINE THE ADJECTIVES:

My Wonderful Family
I live in a house near the mountains. I have two brothers and one sister, and I was born last.

My father teaches mathematics, and my mother is a nurse at a big hospital. My brothers are

very smart and work hard in school. My sister is a nervous girl, but she is very kind. My

grandmother also lives with us. She came from Italy when I was two years old. She has grown

old, but she is still very strong. She cooks the best food!

My family is very important to me. We do lots of things together. My brothers and I like to

go on long walks in the mountains. My sister likes to cook with my grandmother. On the
weekends we all play board games together. We laugh and always have a good time. I love

my family very much.

2: CHOOSE THE BEST ANSWER THE NEXT QUESTIONS:

1. My mother is a...
A. Nurse
B. Doctor
C. Waiterss
D. Writer

2. My house is near the...


a. Monastery
b. Italy
c. City
d. Mountains
3. How old was I when my grandmother came?
a. Ten years old
b. Two years old
c. Three years old
d. Just born
4. On the weekends, we...
a. Play board games together
b. Clean the house
c. Cook pasta
d. Go to a movie
5. My sister is kind, but also...
a. Nervous
b. Quiet
c. Strong
d. Mean

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