 Adjectives describe nouns  They tell about age, size,shape,color and origin

 Articles are a type of adjective  There are two types: › The word the is the only definite article › It refers to specific items in a group › The indefinite articles are a and an › They refer to one single member of a group › The article an is used before a vowel sound

 A numerical adjective indicates an exact number or a numerical order. › Words like one, two,three- indicate exact number › Words like first, second, third-indicate numerical order

 Subject complements follow the linking verb in a sentence and describes the subject or the noun in a sentence. › Some sea animals are dangerous.

 Most adjectives have three degrees of comparison: › The positive degree is used to describe a quality or characteristics, words like: large,small, hot › The comparative degree is used to compare two items-er has been added to the word.  larger, smaller, hotter The superlative degree is used to compare three or more items and is formed with –est largest, smallest, hottest, most, least

 Use little, less, least and few, fewer, fewest to make comparisons  Use little, less, least before abstract nouns that can’t be counted  Use few, fewer, fewest before concrete nouns that can be counted

 Demonstrative adjectives point things out. › This and that for one person, place or thing › These and those for more than one person, place or thing › This and these for things that are near › That and those for things that are far

 Interrogative adjectives are used when asking a question  Which asks about one or more of a specific set of things  What is used for asking about people or things  Whose asks about possession

 Indefinite adjectives refer to any or all of a group of people, places or things  Words like all, any, both, each, either, every, few, many, most, neither, no, other, several

 An adjective phrase is a prepositional phrase that describes a noun or pronoun  The phrase begins at the prepositional word and ends at the first noun following the preposition › The butterflies in the rain forest can have brilliant colors.