Adjectives

Question 1

Adjectives are

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words that modify nouns or pronouns

Question 2

Adjectives fall into a broad class of words called

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modifiers

Question 3

A modifier is any word that

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acts to describe or qualify another word in such a way that it changes the other word’s meaning

Question 4

What are the two main types of adjectives?

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descriptive and limiting

Question 5

Descriptive adjectives

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describe the nouns and pronouns that they modify

Question 6

What is a proper adjective? Give an example.

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An adjective derived from a proper noun, that undergoes a mild change in form to become an adjective. America -> American or Orwell -> Orwellian.

Question 7

True or false: Proper adjectives don’t need to be capitalized like proper nouns.

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False, they need to be capitalized exactly like proper nouns

Question 8

Limiting adjectives

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restrict the definitions of the nouns and pronouns they modify.

Question 9

Most standard limiting adjectives describe

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quantity

Question 10

What are the three levels of comparison for adjectives?

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Positive, comparative, and superlative

Question 11

Positive degree is

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the adjective in its most basic form, it indicates a lack of comparison. It expresses the pure quality of an object without making a comparison with other objects.

Question 12

Comparative Degree is

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when one object holds a greater or lesser degree of a quality than the objects with which it is compared.

Question 13

When you see the conjunction than, the sentence is often using

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the comparative degree.

Question 14

The comparative degree is exclusive, which means

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the main object of comparison is seen as distinct from the objects to which it is compared by virtue of the different degree of its quality.

Question 15

Superlative degree is

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the highest degree of comparison for adjectives.

Question 16

True or false: no object can possess a quality to a higher degree than the superlative.

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True

Question 17

How do you use suffix comparison to create the three different comparison forms for the following adjective: angry

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positive: angry
comparative: angrier
superlative: angriest

Question 18

How do you use adverb comparison to create the three different comparison forms for the following adjective: bizarre

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positive: bizarre
comparative: more bizarre / less bizarre
superlative: most bizarre / least bizarre

Question 19

An adjective typically

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precedes the noun it modifies

Question 20

Emphatic adjective usage places the adjectives

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After the nouns for greater emphasis

Question 21

Adjectives that serve as object complements (serving to modify the direct object)

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Follow the direct object they modify

Question 22

When adjectives are subject complements they follow

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Linking verbs, and by necessity, the nouns and pronouns they modify.

Question 23

What groups of words are considered determiners?

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Articles, demonstrative pronouns, possessive pronouns, and interrogative pronouns. Also, number or quantity words.

Question 24

What do determiners do?

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Help you determine which person, place, or thing is named by the noun phrase the writer of speaker has used.

Question 25

What are the articles?

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A, an, the

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What are the two types of articles?

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Definite and indefinite

Question 27

What are definite articles?

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The

Question 28

What are indefinite articles?

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A, an

Question 29

When do we use the article a vs the article an?

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We use a before words that begin with a consonant sound and an before words that start with a vowel sound.

Question 30

When do we use the article the?

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To point to particular people, places, things, and ideas.