Review of Categories of Adjectives

Part I - Identify the category of the underlined adjective.

1. 1. Years after Matteo Ricci, a Jesuit priest, arrived in China to spread Christianity, a similar desire to evangelize the Middle Kingdom was blooming in the Philippines.

*evangelize: to bring God/Christ close to the people

• determiner

• opinion

• origin

Identify the category of the underlined adjective.

1. 2. Chinese-Filipino scholars, Fr. Aristotle Dy and Teresita Ang-See, narrated that the Bishop of Manila eventually won the trust of the Chinese merchants through his good intentions.

• determiner

• opinion

• origin

Identify the category of the underlined adjective.

3. 3. The meeting of Catholic Christianity and the Chinese religion has been marked by goodwill or kindheartedness.

• determiner

• opinion

• origin

Identify the category of the underlined adjective.

4. 4. The encounter is also marked by disagreements because of conflicting religious practices..

• determiner

• opinion

• origin

Identify the category of the underlined adjective.

5. 5. During the Chinese New Year in the Philippines, Chinese-Filipino families that profess the Catholic faith continue their age-old practice of visiting Buddhist temples to wish for a prosperous year and to venerate their departed ancestors. 

• determiner

• opinion

• age

Identify the category of the underlined adjective.

6. 6. The Chinese-Filipino keep statues of the Buddha and the Santo Niño (Child Jesus) side by side in their home altars.

• determiner

• size

• age

Identify the category of the underlined adjective.

7. 7. The practical Chinese mind seeks to unite rather than divide, to include rather than exclude.

• determiner

• opinion

• age

Identify the category of the underlined adjective.

8. 8. The experiences of the Spanish missionaries in the Philippines and Matteo Ricci in China demonstrate two ways of Christianity encountering other faiths or cultures.

• determiner

• size

• age

Identify the category of the underlined adjective.

9. 9. Forcing one’s faith on another culture, as the Spanish did in the Philippines, is considered negative in the modern world. 

• opinion

• age

• origin

Identify the category of the underlined adjective.

10. 10. The Chinese turning to Christianity was actually adding new gods instead of replacing their former gods since their understanding is that there are many gods or spirits.

• determiner

• opinion

• age