Word Classes: Adjectives

Question 1

What is a base adjective?

Answer 1

Just the adjective by itself

Question 2

What is a Comparative Adjective? Name a morpheme it might use

Answer 2

An adjective comparing things. Might use the “-er” morpheme

Question 3

Give an example of a base adjective

Answer 3

Pretty

Question 4

Give an example of a comparative adjective

Answer 4

Prettier

Question 5

What is a Superlative Adjective? Name a morpheme it might use

Answer 5

An adjective that makes something its best. Might use the “-est” morpheme

Question 6

What will happen to a Superlative Adjective if a word is Polysyllabic?

Answer 6

It will have “most” or “more” before it instead of the “-est” morpheme as a suffix

Question 7

Give an example of a Superlative Adjective if the word is Polysyllabic

Answer 7

“Most cordial”

Question 8

What is it called when an adjective comes before what it is describing?

Answer 8

It is a pre-modifying adjective

Question 9

What is it called when an adjective comes after what it is describing?

Answer 9

It is a post-modifying adjective