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Adjectives
Adjectives
• An adjective is a word that modifies a
noun or pronoun An adjective tells what
kind, which one, how many, or how much.
round window six oranges that hat
Adjectives
Nouns can also be used as adjectives.
They tell what kind or which one about the
noun modified.
afternoon class
music lesson
Adjectives
Possessive pronouns, such as our and
his, can be considered adjectives because
they modify nouns in addition to their usual
function as pronouns.
our book
his watch
their house
Adjectives
Possessive nouns can be considered
adjectives.
Julia’s dream
the knight’s castle
Adjectives
Many adjectives have different forms to
indicate degree of comparison.
Positive(1)Comparative(2) Superlative(2+)
light
lighter
lightest
heavy
heavier
heaviest
much
more
most
practical
more practical most practical
Adjective
Articles are the adjectives a, an, and the.
A and an are called indefinite articles.
They can refer to any one of a kind of
person, place, or thing. The is called a
definite article. It refers to a specific
person, place, or thing.
Indefinite: She found a ring.
Definite: She found the ring.
Adjectives
A proper adjective is formed from a
proper noun and begins with a capital
letter.
Rembrandt was a Dutch painter.
The Berlin Wall came down in 1989.