ADJECTIVES ࣪ ִֶָ☾. Flashcards
Words that describes a noun or pronoun.
Adjective
Adjectives that directly modify a noun and are usually placed immediately before the noun they modify.
ATTRIBUTIVE
e.g.: The PRETTY boy.
simplified explanation: the adjective is BEFORE the noun.
in the example, the adjective “pretty” was mentioned before the noun “boy”.
These adjectives typically follow a verb rather than being placed directly before a noun. They are used to indicate the subject’s state, condition or characteristic rather than directly attributing a quality to a noun.
PREDICATIVE
e.g.: The boy is PRETTY.
simplified explanation: the adjective is AFTER the noun.
in the example, the adjective “pretty” was mentioned after the noun “boy”.
Determine if the adjective is ATTRIBUTIVE or PREDICATIVE:
“The ball is red.”
PREDICATIVE
adjective: red
noun: ball
Determine if the adjective is ATTRIBUTIVE or PREDICTIVE:
“The red ball.”
ATTRIBUTIVE
adjective: red
noun: ball
Determine if the adjective is ATTRIBUTIVE or PREDICTIVE:
“The lovely sunflower.”
ATTRIBUTIVE
adjective: lovely
noun: sunflower
Determine if the adjective is ATTRIBUTIVE or PREDICTIVE:
“The road is slippery.”
PREDICATIVE
adjective: slippery
noun: road
Determine if the adjective is ATTRIBUTIVE or PREDICTIVE:
“Such a young man to be doing that.”
ATTRIBUTIVE
adjective: young
noun: man
Kinds of Adjectives: (11)
ᝰ.ᐟ DESCRIPTIVE
ᝰ.ᐟ LIMITING/QUANTITATIVE
ᝰ.ᐟ QUALITATIVE
ᝰ.ᐟ DEMONSTRATIVE
ᝰ.ᐟ POSSESSIVE
ᝰ.ᐟ INTERROGATIVE
ᝰ.ᐟ DISTRIBUTIVE/NUMERAL
ᝰ.ᐟ INDEFINITE
ᝰ.ᐟ COORDINATE
ᝰ.ᐟ COMPOUND
ᝰ.ᐟ PROPER
These are adjectives that are qualifying or classifying words that describe the permanant or perceived qualities of a noun; their number is unlimited.
DESCRIPTIVE ADJECTIVE
e.g.: fast, high, blue, loud
Kind of adjective where words describe the quantity or amount in a language.
QUANTITATIVE ADJECTIVE
e.g.: two, three, ten, big, small
Kind of adjectives that apply judgment to the subject matter rather than describing something that can be observed.
QUALITATIVE ADJECTIVE
e.g.: handsome, beautiful, smart
Kind of adjectives where words modify nouns and identify a specific noun or nouns.
DEMONSTRATIVE ADJECTIVE
e.g.: this, that, these, those
without demonstrative adjective: “The tree is tall.”
with demonstrative adjective: “THAT tree is tall.”
Adjective that modifies a noun by identifying who has ownership or possession of it.
POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVE
e.g.: my, your, his, her, its, our, their, whose
Adjective that modifies a noun by asking a question.
INTERROGATIVE ADJECTIVE
e.g.: what, which, whose
