Adjectives Makes the Meaning of Nouns Much Clearer
Adjective Types Types What KindWhich One How Much/ How Many
Restaurant What Kind Chinese Which One this How Much or How Many several The Lilac Garden is having it’s grand opening this weekend. This Chinese restaurant is family-owned with several East Valley locations ready to serve you!
Adjectives: Descriptors Describe Blue corn chips light whipped texture Green enchilada sauce capable staff Incredible taste Delicious ice cream topping What kind Color, type (Words that end in the suffix)
Where can you find the adjectives? Before the noun Expensive silverware graced the cheerful table for the special event. After the noun A pizza, cheesy and delicious, was pictured on the menu cover.
Some Adjectives Set Limits Which One How Much/How Many Limiting Adjectives
Which One How Much/How many Articles: A, an, theIndefinites: Some, few, many, several, no, any Demonstratives: this,Numbers: One,Seven That, those, these Possessive: his, her, their, our,it’s, your, my Possessive Noun: Joe’s Sports Grill
How does these adjectives do their job? To be a limiting adjective they MUST appear before a noun This burrito is prepared from the finest ingredients!( Yes, the adjective is doing its job!) Here there is no adjective present can you tell why? This must be prepared before the customer arrives. Here the word this is used as a ____________.
Putting it all together! His order is complete, sir. Now have that chef with the moustache prepare the meal, please. His isn’t the only restaurant of its kind that was featured on the cooking show. Many Mexican restaurant chefs were interviewed for this exclusive program. Ours received the most publicity. Bold-adjectives Italics-not used as a limiting adjective
Proper nouns and proper adjectives Proper adjectives are descriptive words derived from proper nouns. Since proper nouns are capitalized, we also capitalize proper adjectives. Proper Noun Proper Adjectives Switzerland Swiss cheese Mexico Mexican culture China Chinese noodles
Sometimes the spelling doesn’t change Sometimes the proper adjective spelling of a word is the same spelling as the proper noun it is related to! PhoenixPhoenix police EdisonEdison inventions ZenithZenith television San FranciscoSan Francisco trolley Fisher PriceFisher Price baby toy Mickey MouseMickey Mouse hat *Check your dictionary for correct proper adjective forms when you are not sure.
Your Turn to Add the Adjectives See p. 446 in Elements of Writing for help Noun What KindWhich OneHow Much or How Many pizza salad ice cream pasta
Adjectives Review Words used to modify (describe) a__________ These are words usually added in _____ of nouns or pronouns to better ______ what the nouns are like. Think of ________ as words used to customize what you want to say!
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