Adjectives

adjectives

Objectives

In this lesson, we will learn about Adjectives.

The learning objectives for today's lesson are as follows:

• Students will be able to define an adjective.

• Students will be able to categorize adjectives.

• Students will be able to find adjectives in a sentence.

• Students will be able to write sentences with their own adjectives.

Definition

An adjective is a word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun. It tells more about the noun, like its size, quality, shape etc. Colors can also be used as an adjective to describe a noun or pronoun.

• We have a big kitchen in our house.

• My sister has beautiful handwriting.

• Abram’s eyes are green.

Multiple Choice

1. Find the adjective(s) in the following sentence:

2. Japan is a very beautiful country.

• Japan

• very

• beautiful

• country

Multiple Select

1. Find the adjective(s) in the following sentence:

2. My mother’s home-cooked meal is delicious.

• meal

• home-cooked

• my

• delicious

Multiple Select

Find the adjective(s) in the sentence:

1. The blue whale is the biggest animal in the world, both sea and land combined.

• blue

• whale

• the

• biggest

• world

Types of Adjectives

For a better understanding of Adjectives, we will start by knowing more about each type of adjective:

• Descriptive

• Interrogative

• Quantitative

• Proper

• Demonstrative

• Possessive

• Indefinite

• That is a beautiful painting.

• Radha has good handwriting.

• The house at the end of the road is haunted.

Examples in a sentence:

These adjectives describe nouns and pronouns, and most of the adjectives fall under this category. They are also known as Qualitative adjectives.
Examples: Beautiful, cold, good, obedient, tasty etc.

Descriptive Adjectives

• What number is your order?

• Whose jeans are these?

• What did you order for lunch?

Examples in a sentence:

An interrogative adjective asks a question about the noun or pronoun. A noun or pronoun always follows an interrogative adjective.

Examples: which, what, whose, etc.

Interrogative Adjectives

• I found an empty box of cookies in the kitchen.

• I have three pens.

• I will be singing two songs at this year’s annual function.

Examples in a sentence:

Quantitative adjectives describe the quantity of nouns or pronouns. It provides information about the number or quantity of the noun/pronoun. When “how many” or “how much” is in a question, quantitative adjectives are used to describe the pronoun or noun.  

Quantitative Adjectives

• Kashmiri people welcome everyone with a cup of warm Kahwa.

• My sister buys her books from the National Book store only.

Examples in a sentence:

Proper adjectives summarise a concept/noun/ pronoun in one word. Proper adjectives are the adjectives that are specific or particular. It describes the noun or pronoun in a definite way.

Examples: Any brand name of consumer item, Language, country, movie etc. 

Proper Adjectives

• That shop sells the best pumpkin bread in town.

• Those children playing in the playground go to my school.

•  These are leaves from that big tree.

Examples in a sentence:

Demonstrative adjectives refer to something or someone by pointing them out. It points out the noun or pronoun which is being mentioned in the sentence.

Examples:  this, that, those etc.

Demonstrative Adjectives

• My hair is black.

• Her project was awarded as best in class.

• His cat purrs when it is patted.

Examples in a sentence:

Possessive adjectives are the ones that tell about the ownership or possession of any noun or pronoun in a sentence. You might confuse them with a possessive pronoun, but it is an adjective when it comes with a noun.

Examples: Your, My, Mine, Their etc.

Possessive Adjectives

• There were a few cookies left in the jar yesterday.

• My mother needs some help with her work today.

• There were many people at the fair.

Examples in a sentence:

An indefinite adjective modifies or describes a noun that is unspecific. These adjectives provide indefinite or unspecific information about the noun or pronoun in a sentence.
Examples: all, any, each, every, either, nobody, few etc.

Indefinite Adjectives

• Manny is strong.

• Manny is stronger than Mike.

• Manny is the strongest one in his class.

Examples in a sentence:

Adjectives can also be divided based on the degree of comparison. It means that not only will the adjective inform about the noun or pronoun, but it will be specific about the level or degree of the adjective and compare it to other nouns or pronouns available in the sentence.
Examples: colder, stronger, heavier, darker

Adjectives continued...

1. Manny is strong.

2. Manny is stronger than Mike.

3. Manny is the strongest one in his class.

Examples in a sentence:

The first sentence is about the simple form of an adjective.

In the second sentence, the adjective shows a higher degree of quality than the first one or the positive adjective. Thus, it is known as the comparative degree of an adjective, where two nouns were compared to find the stronger one among them.

The third sentence shows the highest degree of quality and thus the superlative degree of comparison.

Adjectives continued...

Adjectives of more than two syllables form the comparative and superlative by putting more and most before the positive.

Positive adjective	Comparative Adjective	Superlative adjective
Beautiful	More Beautiful	Most Beautiful
Expensive	More Expensive	Most Expensive
Foolish	More Foolish	More Foolish
Dangerous	More Dangerous	Most Dangerous
Important	More Important	Most Important

Along with this, in some cases, comparative and superlative have completely irregular comparison. For example, ‘better and best’ as comparative and superlative for ‘good’.

Multiple Choice

What is an adjective?

• A word that describes a noun or pronoun.

• A person, place, thing, or idea.

• A word that takes the place of a noun.

• A word that tells what a noun is doing.

Multiple Choice

There are four demonstrative adjectives. What are they?

• This, That, These, Those

• A, An, The

• Who, What, When, Where

• Superman, Batman, Green Lantern, and Thor

Multiple Choice

What do interrogative adjectives do?

• They ask questions about nouns.

• They tell which one.

• They tell how many.

• They knit you new socks when your feet are cold.

Multiple Choice

Choose the type of adjective of the underlined word.

The car reduced its speed on the slippery road.

• descriptive adjective

• distributive adjective

• possessive adjective

• proper adjective

Multiple Choice

Which boxes did you put in the van?

• Distributive adjective

• Demonstrative Adjective

• Descriptive adjective

• Interrogative Adjective

Multiple Choice

Those people are waiting for the doctor.

• Demonstrative Adjective

• Descriptive Adjective

• Interrogative Adjective

• Possessive Adjective

Multiple Choice

I saw three men break into the bank.

• Distributive Adjective

• Descriptive Adjective

• Demonstrative Adjective

• Quantitative Adjective

Multiple Choice

That seat is very uncomfortable.

• Descriptive Adjective

• Demonstrative adjective

• Quantitative Adjective

• Proper Adjective

Multiple Choice

In this sentence identify the adjective: My cake should have sixteen candles.

• cake

• candles

• sixteen

• have

Multiple Choice

The _____beggar ate _____bowls of rice.

• dirty, all

• hunger, two

• hungry, three

• hungered, many

Multiple Select

An __________ describes a noun.

• adverb

• pronoun

• adjective

• verb

Multiple Select

Which are the types of Adjectives?

• Adjective of Quality

• Adjective of Direction

• Adjective of Number

• Adjective of Quantity

Multiple Choice

Find the Adjective in the sentence.

Rahul experinced Tina's beautiful house

• Tina

• House

• Experience

• Beautiful

Multiple Choice

Which is the Adjective?

• Colour

• Man

• Pencil

• Phone

Multiple Choice

Find the Adjective and it's type in the following sentence.

How many of you saw my dance?💃

• Dance, Adjective of Quality

• You, Adjective of Number

• Many, Adjective of Quantity

• Many, Adjective of Number

Multiple Select

Name the adjectives in the sentence.

The black and white kitten is mine.

• black

• white

• kitten

• mine

Multiple Select

Name the adjectives in the sentence.

The heavy box was too much for the small man.

• heavy

• box

• small

• man

• much

Multiple Select

What is the adjective in the sentence?

I have sufficient money for shopping.

• have

• sufficient

• money

• shopping

Multiple Select

What are the adjectives in the sentence?

There are 50 boys and 26 girls on this tour.

• There

• 50

• boys

• 26

• girls

Multiple Select

Select the adjective in the sentence.

Juan handled the breakable glasses very carefully.

• Juan

• breakable

• glasses

• carefully

Multiple Choice

An adjective answers_________.

• How many?
• Which kind?
• Which one?
• All of the above