SYNTAX CH. 4 Adjectives

Question 1

adjectives

Answer 1

“modifiers”; descriptors in language

Question 2

simple adjectives

Answer 2

“single words”

ex. red, huge, quiet

Question 3

compound adjectives

Answer 3

formed by combining two words into one, hyphenating or just using two related words but not combining or hyphenating
ex. pickup, low-income, child development

Question 4

positive form of adjectives

Answer 4

“gradable”; can be inflected to create comparative or superlative forms
ex. smart, smarter, smartest

Question 5

comparative degree of adjectives

Answer 5

describe the quality of the noun or pronoun they modify by being attributive or predicate adjectives;typically formed by adding -er after or more or less before the positive form
ex. sleepy, sleepier

Question 6

attributive adjectives

Answer 6

most often precede the nouns

ex. The tall girl is in my class, (tall–girl)

Question 7

predicate adjectives

Answer 7

can follow a copula
ex. The girl in my class is tall (is--tall)

Question 8

superlative degree of adjectives

Answer 8

reflects a comparison of 3 or more nouns or pronouns; typically formed by adding -est after or most or least before the positive form
ex. sleepy, sleepiest,