Level 1 Module 3 Lesson 6 - Adjectives

Adjectives Adjectives are used to add more to the meaning of a noun. They can be placed before nouns or after certain verbs like ‘to be’, ‘look’, ‘appears’.

Types of Adjectives Descriptive Adjectives - Tell us more about the shape, size, colour of the noun. Example: a) The blue bird. b) The big blue bird.

Fill in the blanks with an appropriate descriptive adjective. I like this chair. It is very ____________. I need a ____________ ruler to draw a line across the page. The shelves in the supermarket were all ____________ during Chinese New Year. Mary is a very ____________ girl. She gives half of her salary to the poor every month. comfortable long empty generous empty comfortable long generous

Types of Adjectives (Cont’d) Adjectives of Quantity - Tell us the amount or number of things. - Answers the question ‘How much?’ (uncountable) or ‘How many?’ (countable) Example: a) There are many grains of rice. b) There is a little rice.

Fill in the blanks with an appropriate adjective of quantity. some He drank ____________ water to clear his throat. I do not have ____________ money with me. The old lady is ____________ years old. She has ____________ sheets of paper. much seventy a few some seventy much a few

Types of Adjectives (Cont’d) Interrogative Adjectives - Used to ask questions. Example: a) Whose book is this? b) Which chair belongs to you?

Types of Adjectives (Cont’d) Demonstrative Adjectives - Point out the nouns they are used with. Example: a) This book is mine. b) That chair belongs to me.

____________ toy is this? ____________ toy over there is mine! Fill in the blanks with an appropriate interrogative / demonstrative adjective. Whose ____________ toy is this? ____________ toy over there is mine! ____________ blouse do you like best? ____________ blouse in front of me is my favourite! That Which This Whose This Which That

Types of Adjectives (Cont’d) Distributive Adjectives - Show that the persons or things denoted by the nouns are taken singly or as a group. Example: a) Each child has a lollipop. b) All the children have lollipops.

Adjective Patterns Order of Adjectives - Size (small) - Quality (stylish) - Colour (pink) - Origin (Indian) I saw a small, stylish, pink leather bag in the shop yesterday. leather bag