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    ADJECTIVES

    ADJECTIVES

    Adjectives are words that


    describe nouns.
    Adjectives answer such
    questions as: What kind? Which
    one? How many?
    ADJECTIVES CAN BE USED TO
    DESCRIBE:
    Colour Opinion
    e.g. blue, red, e.g. good, Size
    Age
    green, brown, pretty, right, e.g. big, small,
    e.g. Old, young
    purple, yellow, wrong, funny, long, short.
    black. light, happy.

    Shape
    e.g. round, Origin Material Distance
    triangle, e.g. German, e.g. glass, e.g. long, short,
    rectangular, Malaysia metal. near, far
    square, oval.

    Temperature
    Time
    e.g. cold, warm,
    e.g. late, early.
    hot, cool
    TYPES OF ADJECTIVES
    1. Qualitative / Descriptive Adjective
    2. Quantitative Adjective
    3. Demonstrative Adjective
    4. Possessive Adjective
    5. Interrogative Adjective
    6. Distributive Adjective
    7. Compound Adjective
    1. QUALITATIVE / DESCRIPTIVE
    ADJECTIVES
     To describe the quality of a person or thing, for example,
    its size, general description (physical), age, shape,
    colour, material, origin and purpose.
     Examples: tall, excellent, slim, young, square,

    plastic
    1. The tall girl is my classmate.
    2. The students achieved excellent results.
    2. QUANTITATIVE ADJECTIVES
     Adjectives of quantity indicate the amount or estimated
    amount of the noun or pronoun in the sentence
      They do not provide information about exact numbers,
    rather tell only the amount of noun”.
     They are used with uncountable nouns
     Examples; All the students have passed the exam.
    He has enough money to start business.
    Employees have completed most of the tasks.
    3. DEMONSTRATIVE ADJECTIVES
     To point out nouns.
     Examples: this, these, that, those
    1. This is my friend, Dina.
    2. Those books belong to her.

    4. Interrogative Adjectives
    • Used with noun to ask questions.
    Examples: what, whose, where, why, how
    and which.
    1. Whose pen is this?
    2. Which way shall we go?
    5. POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES
     Used to show possession.
     Examples: my, your, his her, our, their, its.
    1. This is her hat.
    2. Their parents came to my house yesterday.
    6. DISTRIBUTIVE ADJECTIVES
     To show that the persons or things are counted
    collectively.
     Normally used with singular nouns.

     Refer to members of a group as individuals.


     Examples: each, every, either, and neither.
    1. Each participant was asked to complete a survey.
    2. Either of these movies would be interesting to me
    7. COMPOUND ADJECTIVES
     Made up of two or more words.
     Often linked together with hyphens to link the words
    together to show that it is one adjective.
     Examples: light-weight, duty-free, four-foot, part-time,
    coldblooded, well-behaved
    1. We have to be open-minded about things.
    2. The lady is wearing a pair of high-heeled shoes.
    COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES
     There are three forms of comparison:
     positive
     comparative
     superlative
    A - COMPARISON WITH -ER/-EST
    We use -er/-est with the following adjectives:

    positive comparative superlative


    Clean Cleaner Cleanest

    dirty Dirtier Dirtiest

    clever Cleverer Cleverest

    simple Simpler Simplest

    narrow narrower narrowest


    B - COMPARISON WITH MORE - MOST
    positive Comparative superlative

    difficult More difficult (the) most difficult

    beautiful More beautiful (the) most beautiful


    C - IRREGULAR ADJECTIVES
    positive comparative superlative comments

    Good Better Best

    Bad Worse Worst

    Much More Most Uncountable nouns

    Many More Most Countable nouns

    Little Less Least

    little smaller smallest


    D - SPECIAL ADJECTIVES
    Some adjectives have two possible forms of comparison (-
    er/est and more/most).

    positive comparative Superlative

    Clever Clever/ more clever Cleverest/most clever

    Common Commoner/more common Commonest/most common

    Likely Likelier/more likely Likeliest/most likely

    Polite Politer/ more polite Politest/most polite

    simple Simpler/ more simple Simplest/most simple


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