1. Adjectives Part 1

2. Today You Will Learn:  The two main types of adjectives – limiting & descriptive.  What “determiners” are.  How to tell if a word is an adjective or not.  About Proper Adjectives.

3. Adjectives  An adjective is a word used to modify a noun or pronoun.  An adjective often answers one of these questions:  What kind?  Which one?  How much? How many?

4. Limiting Adjectives  Determiners are adjectives that indicate which noun is being discussed.  Articles: a, an, the  Demonstratives: this, those, that, these  Numbers  Possessives: his, her, their, our, its, your, my  Indefinites: some, few, many, several, no, any, etc.

5. Limiting Adjectives  Limiting Adjectives must occur before a noun; otherwise they are considered a Pronoun.  Adjective: This cord is frayed.  Pronoun: This must be changed.  Adjective: Some onions lay on the table.  Pronoun: Some were not invited.

6. Descriptive Adjectives  Descriptive adjectives describe the noun being discussed.  They answer the question “WHAT KIND?”  How could you describe an apple?  shiny, red, round, tasty, delicious, sweet  How could you describe a dog?  fluffy, furry, happy, stinky, energetic

7. Common Endings  Sometimes you can recognize an adjective by its ending (suffix):  ousdangerous, courageous, famous  fulcheerful, beautiful, sorrowful  ableremarkable, capable, adorable  ysilly, watery, rainy  ibleincredible, irresistible, deductible  ivecreative, productive, secretive  lesspriceless, penniless, sugarless  alspecial, final, postal

8. Proper Adjectives  Proper Adjectives are descriptive words derived from proper nouns.  They will be capitalized, just like the proper nouns.  Switzerland  Swiss  Mexico  Mexican  China  Chinese  Sometimes the form will change, sometimes it will not.