ADJECTIVES

WHAT THEY ARE!

• Adjectives are a word or phrase naming an attribute, added to or grammatically related to a noun to modify or describe it.
• In easier words adjectives are the words that describe nouns!

NOW HERE ARE SOME EXAMPLES!

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HERE ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF TYPES OF ADJECTIVES:

• Descriptive adjectives
• Comparative adjectives
• Superlative adjectives
• Proper adjectives
• Demonstrative adjectives
• Interrogative adjectives

HOW TO FIND ADJECTIVES

• If you look for the Noun in the sentence before it there is either a verb or another word. The word before the noun that is describing the noun is the adjective.

DESCRIPTIVE ADJECTIVES

• The largest class of adjectives.
• They are about aspects such as feeling, time, sound, quantity, taste, appearance, size, age, color, shape, and material.
• Here are some examples: blue, old, rough, large, multiple, etc.

COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES

• Comparative adjectives are used to compare two things.
• Superlative adjectives compare three or more things.
• Comparative adjective examples: better, worse, healthier, etc.
• Superlative adjective examples:
• Best, worst, healthiest, etc.

PROPER aDJECTIVES

• A proper adjective is an adjective, typically capitalized, derived from a proper noun.

DEMONSTRATIVE ADJECTIVES

• Demonstrative adjectives are adjectives that are used to modify a noun so that we know which specific person, place, thing, or concept is mentioned.

INTERROGATIVE ADJECTIVES

• Interrogative adjectives are adjectives that are used to ask questions.
• Such as which, how, or what.

AND THOSE ARE ADJECTIVES!