ADJECTIVES Definition: words that describes or modifies a noun (person, place, or thing) Answers the questions: – What kind? – How many? – Which one?
TYPES OF ADJECTIVES: Possessive Adjectives Demonstrative Adjectives Interrogative Adjectives Indefinite Adjectives
POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES: Answer the question: Whose? Examples: my, your, his, her, its, our, their – I can’t complete my assignment. – What is your phone number?
DEMONSTRATIVE ADJECTIVES: Answer the question: Which? Examples: this, these, that, those, what – This apartment needs cleaning. – The girl tripped over that cord.
INTERROGATIVE ADJECTIVES: Answer the questions: Which? What? Examples: which, what – Which plants should I water? – What book are your reading?
INDEFINITE ADJECTIVES: Answer question: How many? Examples: many, all, few, some, any – “All dogs go to heaven,” I said. – I found a few goldfish for sale.