ADJECTIVES.

*2.2.* Two sylables ending in *-ER*).

*2.2.* Adjectives with two sylables ending in *-er*. P: Clever. C: Cleverer. S: Cleverest.

*2.3.*. Two syllables, ending in *-LE*

*2.3.* Adjectives with two syllables ending in *-le*. P: Simple. C:Simpler. S: Simplest.

*2.4.* Two syllables ending in *-OW*

*2.4.* Adjectives with two syllables, ending in *-ow*. P: Narrow. C: Narrower. S: Narrowest.

More definitions for Adjectives.

*Adjectives are words used to describe nouns*. *Adjectives give more information about a noun*. *Use Adjectives tomake your writing more intereting*.

List of adjectives in sequence.

1. *Determiners*: Are articules and others limiters (a, your, the, five, her). 2. *Oservations/Opinions*: Describe what thought about the noun (pretty, expensive). 3. *Size*: describes how big or small the noun is (small, big, tiny, enormous). 4. *Age*: describes how young or old the noun is (young, old, ancient, new). 5. *Shape*:Describes what shape the noun is (round, square, flat). 6. *Color*: Describes what color the noun is (blue, pinksh, green). 7. *Material*: Describes what the noun is made of (wood, cotton, silver, metal). 8. *Origin*: Describes where the noun is from (American, eastern, lunar). 9. *Purpose/Qualifier*: Describes what the noun is used for or what it does (racing, as in racing car; sleeping, as in sleeping bag). 10. *The noun: the word that is being describe.

Nouns can also work as Adjectives.

A noun can help describe an object. Examples: 1. It's a business meeting. 2. They're having a job interview. 3. It's a school conference.

Demonstrative Adjectives Are a Type of Pronouns.

A pronoun is a word that replaces a noun. As demonstrative Adjective replace nouns, they are classified as pronouns. For this reason, they are also called Demonstrative Pronouns. The term possessive pronoun covers all the pronouns that demonstrate ownership. Examples: 1. This is Sara's hat. 2. This is her hat. (The demonstrative adjective *her* replaces Sara. That's why it's classified as a pronoun as well as an adjective) This hat is hers. (The word 'hers' replaces Sara's hat. Therefore, 'hers' is a possessive pronoun. As it's one that can stand alone, it is known as an Absolute Possessive Pronoun).

Diferent Types of Adjectives.

Adjectives are describing words. However, there are many others words that are classified as adjectives, some of which do not fall easily this descrption.

Adjectives can come.....

Adjectives can come after a BE verb. (BE+adjective). Examples: The butterfly is pretty. The butterfly is blue. Butterflies are interesting.

adjectives come before the noun.

Adjectives come before the noun. (Adjective+noun) Examples: It's an *expensive bicycle*. It's a *racing bicycle*.

*2.1.* Adjectives with two syllables. (*-Y*).

Adjectives with two syllables and the following endings: *2.1.* Adjectives with two syllables, ending in *-Y*. P: Dirty. C: Dirtier. S: Dirtiest. P: Easy. C: Easier. S: Easiest.

Irregular Adjectives.

All adjectives with more than one syllable (except some adjectives with two syllables). More. Better. Best. Bad. Worse. Worst. Much. More. Most. (uncountable nouns). Many. More. Most. (Countable nouns). Little. Less. Least. Little. Smaller. Smallest.

Ajectives Modify Pronouns.

Although less common, adjectives can also modify pronouns. Examples: 1. It is a blue one. (The adjective *blue* modifies the pronouns one).

Common adjectives.

Common Adjectives describe nouns and pronouns. Examples: *Strong man. Green plant. Pretty child*.

Compound adjectives.

Compound Adjectives are made up of more than one word. Examples: *Far-off country. Teenage person*.

Adjectives can be use to compare things.

Examples: Cats are softer than dogs. My cat is the cutest cat I know.

Comparison with more - most.

Examples: P: Difficult. C: *more* Difficult. S: (the) *most* difficult.

Numbers can be use as Adjective.

Examples: That's a thirty-ton truck. The man is a thirty-seven-year-old trucker. In his 20-years as a carrier, he's never had an accident.

Adjectives can be hyphenated.

Examples: The computer-generated error messege made the program freeze. My friend isn't very good at do-it-yourself proyects.

Difference in meaning with adjectives.

FAR. P: Far. C: Farther. S: Farthest. (Distance). P: Far. C:Further. S: Furthest. (Distance, time) LATE.

Adjectives

FAST, FUN, NEW, OLD, RED, UGLY are adjectives. They describe a noun: It's a FAST car. It's a FUN car. It's a NEW car. It's an OLD car. It's a RED car. It's an UGLY car.

LATE.

LATE. P: Late. C: Later. S: Latest. P: Late. C: Latter. S: Last OLD. P: Old. C: Older. S: Oldest. (People and things). P: Old. C: Elder. S: Eldest. (People, Family). NEAR. P: Near. C: Nearer. S: Nearest. (Distance) P: Near. S: Next. (Order).

*1.* A. Comparason with -er / -est.

Positive: clean. Comparative: cleaner. Superlative: (the) cleanest. We use -er / -est with tthe following adjectives: *1.* Adjectives with one syllable: P: New. C: Newer. S: Newest. P: Cheap. C: Cheaper. S: Cheapest.

Present participles.....as adjectives?

Present participles (-ing verbs) can also work as Adjectives. Examples: The WANDERING man is tired. The WORKING man fell asleep. He was worn out by work today.

Proper Adjectives.

Proper Adjectives are formed from proper nouns. Examples: *California vegtables. Mexican food*

Special Adjectives.

Some adjectives have *two* possible *forms* of comparison (*-er/est* and *more/most*). *1.* P: Clever. C: Cleverer / more clever. S: Cleverest / most clever. *2.* P: Common. C: Commoner/more common. S: Commonest / most common. *3.* P: likely. C: more likely/ most likely. *4.* P: Pleasant. C: more pleasant/ most pleasant. S: Pleasantest / more pleasant. *5.* P: Polite. C: Politer / more polite. S: Politest / more polite. *6.* P: Quiet. C: Quieter / more quiet. S: Quietest. C: Quietest / most quiet. *7.* P: Simple. C: Simpler / more simple. S: Simplest / most simple. *8.*. P: Stupid. C: Stupider / more stupid. S: Stupidest / more stupid. *9.* P: Subtle. C: Subtler / more subtle. S: Subtlest / more sublte. *10.* P: Sure. C: Surer / more sure. S: Surest / most sure.

*3.* Spelling of the Adjectives....

Spelling of the adjectives using the endings *-er/-est*. *3.1.* P: Large. C: Larger. S: Largest. Leave out the silent *-e.* *3.2.* P: Big. C: Bigger. S: Biggest. P: Sad. C: Sadder. S: Saddest. Double the consonant after shor vowel. *3.3.* P: Dirty. C: Dirtier. S: Dirtiest. Change -y to -i (Consonant before -y). *3.4.* P: Shy. C: Shyer. S: Shyest. Here -y is not changed to. -i. (Although consonant before -y.

Demostrative Adjectives.

The Demostrative adjective are this, that, these, and those. They are used to point out specific people or things.

When Do You use An and A?

The main question regardingarticles is when to use An instead of A. An is used instead of A to make speaking easier. An is used when the first sound of the next word is a *vowel* sound . Note: *Consonants* can create a vowel sound, and vowels can create a consonant sound. The use of AN is determined by the sound not the letter. Look at these examples: A house. An hour. House and hour start whith the same three letters; however, house attracts A, and hour attracts AN. This is because house starts with a consonant sound, but hour starts with a vowel sound.

What are Possessive Adjective?

The possessive Adjective are: MY, YOUR, HIS, HER, ITS, OUR, THEIR and WHOSE. Possessive adjectives are used to indicate WHO (or WHAT) owns something. Examples: 1. *My* head goes woozy when you climb *your* ladder. 2. Take *his* spoon and put it by *your* plate. There is no apostrphe in the possessive. adjective: its. Its has nothing todo with it's, which is a contraction of 'it is' or it has.

Adjectives modify Nouns.

The words *elephant* is a *noun*. Adjectives are added to nouns to state what kind, what collour, which one or how many. Adjectives are said *to modify* nouns and are necessary to make the meanings of sentences clearer or more exact. Examples: 1. Follow the yellow cab. (The adjective 'yellow' modifies the noun *cab*). 2. Craig caught a large bass. (the adjective *large* modifies the noun bass).

The Articles.

The words a, an and the are known as articles. They are classified as adjectives. A and an are called the *intedefinite articles* beause they are used to indicate non-specific people or things. *The* is called the *definite article* because it does indicate a specific person or thing. Ex.: *A cup* (It's any cup) *The cup* (It's specific cup). Other examples *1*. I fell over the chair again. (the chair is specific. It is known to the audience) *2*. Can you pass me a chair? (This means an unspecific chair. It is any chair).

STCompararison Adjectives.

There are *three* forms of compararison Adjectives. 1. POSITIVE 2. COMPARTIVE 3. SUPERLATIVE.

Adjectives, ending in -ing and -ed.

There are adjectives ending in -ing and -ed. These are *Participle constructions*, used like adjectives. Examples. *A)* Here the adjective is put *before* the noun: 1. Yesterday I read an AMUSING story in a magazine. 2. Doris has a boring job. 3. We watched the group of excited people. *B)* Here the adjective is put after the verb: 1. I *was* not at all *amused* by the discussion. 2. Children *get bored* very quickly. 3. The end of the film *was* really *exciting* for me.

This and That for singular nouns.

This and that are used to *modify* NOUNS. This is used to point out something close by. Ex. *this* plate is very hot. THAT is used to point out something farther away. Ex. Can you see *that* ranch?

Can two or more adjectives used together?

Yes, if you use more adjectivesyou can put them in front of the noun: a fat old cat. Or you can put themafter the verb (to be). Then *and* is placed between the last two adjectives: It was cold, wet *and* windy.

Possessive Adjectives.

possessive adjectives are used to show possession. They are MY, your, his, her, its, our, and their (they are a type of possessive pronoun).