adjectives

WHAT ARE ADJECTIVES?

Examples: • Adjectives are words that describe nouns.

Juicy pear Red tomato Ripe plum Expensive onion

WHAT ARE ADJECTIVES?

More examples:

Clever witch Scary ghost Open book Confused girl





Order of
Adjectives

Determiner Opinion Size Shape Age

a, an, the, good, bad, huge, big, flat, round, young, old,
both, either, great, terrible, large, tiny, square, new, ancient,
some, many, enormous, six-year-old,
my, your, our, pretty, silly, little, tall, long, triangular,
lovely, gigantic, etc. rectangular, antique,
etc. youthful, etc.
beautiful, etc. etc.

Colour Material Purpose
writing, rolling,
red, pale, wooden, silk, metal, sleeping, roasting,
bright, faded, paper, gold, silver,
shining, etc. running, etc.
cotton, etc.

A participle is a word formed from a
verb that can be used as an adjective.

Annoying Broken

-ing -ed -d
-t -en
Example:
Boiling water -n

Example:
Written word

One dog Determiners
Many dogs
My dog A determiner is a word placed in front
That dog of a noun to specify quantity or to
A dog clarify what the noun refers to.

Number
Indefinite adjective
Possessive adjective
Demonstrative adjective
Article

Choose a, b or c. 3. She was wearing a __________
dress.
1. He keeps the letter in a __________ box. a) cotton blue new
a) yellow big square b) new blue cotton
b) big square yellow c) blue cotton new
c) square yellow big
4. She got on her __________ bike
2. He was sitting at __________ desk. and left.
a) his antique rosewood a) expensive modern red
b) his rosewood antique b) modern expensive red
c) antique his rosewood c) red modern expensive

Answers for the Number 3
previous questions :
b) new blue cotton
Number 1
Number 4
b) big square yellow
a) expensive modern red
Number 2

a)his antique rosewood

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