2. Is a word that
modifies(describe)
a noun or pronoun.
brown
loud

3. Pedro is a handsome boy.
She is beautiful.

4. 1. Which one? (yellow, the, that)
2. What kind? (furry, plastic, special)
3. How many? (sixteen, several,
many)
4. Whose? (Caroline's, his, its,
John's)

6. It describes the
qualities or
characteristics of noun
or pronoun.

7. A blue sky.
A big house.
A square table.

8.  Limits or points out a noun.
 There are five kinds of
them.
Articles
Demonstrative
Possessive
Indefinite
Numerical adjectives

9. A
An
The
“The”= definite article
- it points out specific person,
place, or thing.
-can be used before both
singular and plural nouns.
Ex. The cat.
The houses.

10.  A & an = Indefinite articles.
-they do not points out as specific
people, places, or things.
-can only be used before singular
nouns.
EX.
a book
an elephant
“A game” consonant
sound.
“An ant” vowel sound.

11. Modify a noun or a pronoun.
Show ownerships of a noun.
Answer the question whose?
 Possessive pronouns such as my,
her, his, your, its, our function
as adjectives.

12. Examples:
That is my folder.
Those are their
bicycles.

13.  Demonstrate or point out a noun .
 They are the same words as the
demonstrative pronouns.
 there are four demonstratives:
This
That
These
Those
Use this or that with singular nouns.
Use these and those with plural nouns.

14.  The sweaters are in that drawer.
 This boy is a member of the club.
These filthy clothes need to be washed.
Did you iron these shirts?
Those boxes are full of junk.
I always enjoy reading those books.

15. Tells us about the quantity of the
noun.
They often tell “how many” or “how
much” of something.
There are seventeen of them:
All, any, another, both, each, either,
few, little, many, more, most, much,
neither, one, other, several, some.

16.  “Many of my friends have
pets.
The zoo has many animals.
The pen has not much ink left.

17. They are words used to ask questions
that indicate the noun that is being
talked about.
Three of them were also interrogative
pronouns.
Which
What
whose
Example:
Which bike is yours?
“Which” describes the word

18.  Proper adjectives start with capital
letters just like proper nouns. In fact,
proper adjectives are made from
proper nouns.
 They normally answer the adjective question, What
kind?

19. Proper noun
America
France
China
Japan
Philippines
Proper adjectives
American
French
Chinese
Japanese
Filipino

20.  I am a Filipino citizen.
 The German soldiers are brave.
 Most people like to wear American
shoes.

21.  Sometimes adjective complete certain verb and
some after the nouns w/c they modify.
Examples:
The man is happy.
The girl looks beautiful.
 Some of the verbs that are often followed by
adjectives are: is, am, are, was, were, fell,
become, look, seem, grow.

22.  Ex.
The monkeys were playing in their cages.
Has anyone seen our children.

23.  The same word may be used as a noun
or as an adjective according to its use in
the sentence.
Examples:
1.Leonia is a good girl. (adj.)
The good is always rewarded. (noun)
2. He is a wise man. (adj.)
A word to the wise is enough. (noun)

24.  Before the noun it modifies ( usually a single word
modifies)
Example:
Blue arm chair
Ten dozen
 After the noun it modifies ( usually a phrase or
subordinate clause)
Example:
The girl in blue.
The girl who is in the blue is the miss
universe.

25.  After a linking verb in a S-LV-C pattern.
Example:
The boys are noisy. Adjectives
S LV C
 After a direct object in an S-TV-DO-OC
pattern.
 Example:
The followers called their leader a hero.
s TV DO OC ADJECTIVES

27.  Is the method by which an adjective may be made
to express a greater or a lesser degree of the
same quality.

28. 1. Positive degree- stating the quality of one
person, place, animal, or thing.
2. Comparative degree- comparing two persons,
places, animals, or things.
3. Superlative degree- comparing three or more
persons, places, animals, or things.

29. a. Adjectives having one or two syllables from their
comparative degrees by adding er to the
positive degree and to form their superlative
degrees by adding est to the positive degree.
Example:
Tall- taller- tallest
Narrow- narrower- narrowest

30. b. Adjectives having three or more syllables from their
comparative degree by prefixing more to show a
greater degree of quality and less to show a lesser
degree of quality . To form the superlative degree prefix
most to show the greatest of quality and least to show
the lowest degree of quality.
Ex.
Beautiful- more beautiful- most beautiful
or less beautiful- least beautiful.

31. c. Some adjectives from their comparatives and
superlatives degree by changing the spelling.
Example:
Good- better- best
Bad- worse- worst

32. d. Some adjectives ending in y form their
comparative degrees by changing y to I and
adding er; and to form their superlatives degrees
by changing y to I and adding est.
Example:
Happy- happier- happiest
Easy- easier- easiest

33. Positive Comparative Superlative
ambitious more ambitious most ambitious
cold colder coldest
comfortable more
 Positive
 Comparative
 Superlative
 ambitious
 more ambitious
 most ambitious
 cold
 colder
 coldest
 comfortable
 more comfortable
 most comfortable
comfortable
most
comfortable
dry drier driest
enchanting more
enchanting most enchanting
funny funnier funniest

34. Positive Comparative Superlative
hot hotter hottest
organized more organized most organized
pretty prettier prettiest
radiant more radiant most radiant
sharp sharper sharpest

36. “OPSHACOM”
1.Opinion:
lazy, good, bad, nice, fine, simple,
modern, ordinary, extraordinary, etc.
2.Shape:
round, square, rectangular, circle,
triangle,
3. Age:
new, novel, old, latest, aged, fresh,
stale, musty, decayed, recent etc.
4.Colour:
White, black, Red, Blue, Brown,
Violet, Pink, Orange, Yellow.

37. 5. Origin: Indian. American,
Gujarati, Australian, British,
English, Spanish, etc.
6. Material: wooden, iron., metal,
silver, golden, plastic, paper,
liquid, rubber
Examples:
I have a nice square old brown
Indian wooden table.
She has a black and white T.V.
( adjectives of same type are
joined by ‘and’)