1. GROUP 3 599061121 陳美霖 ROSA 599061092 林格毅 ARTHUR 599061145 蔡穎璇 LESLIE 599061157 曹蔚晨 WADE 599061224 張致翔 ALLEN 599061274 李維哲 JOSÉ 599061286 張志宇 ERIC Types of Adjectives

2. An adjective modifies a noun or a pronoun by describing, identifying, or quantifying words.

3. Types of Adjectives Descriptive Adjective Predicative Adjective Personal Titles Possessive Adjective Demonstrative Adjective Indefinite Adjective Order of Adjectives

4. Descriptive Adjective Colors : Black, Blue, White, Green, Red Sizes : Big, Small, Large, Thin, Thick Shapes : Triangular, Round, Square, Circular Qualities : Good, Bad, Mediocre Personality traits : Happy, Sad, Angry, Depressed Time : Yearly, Monthly, Annually

5. Descriptive Adjective Add detail or description to the noun. The tall man thought he could reach the top shelf of the bookcase.  TALL describes the subject MAN and TOP describes the direct object SHELF. After the difficult surgery, the famous doctors to a nap.  DIFFICULT modifies the object of the preposition SURGERY and FAMOUS describes the subject DOCTOR.

6. Predicative Adjectives Follow a linking verb (after the verb BE, SEEM, LOOK etc). People are interested in this game.  ARE is a linking verb connecting the subject PEOPLE with its descriptor of equal weight INTERESTED. The two teams look very similar in the tempo that they play.  LOOK is a linking verb connecting the subject TEAMS with its descriptor of equal weight SIMILAR.

7. Personal Titles Titles such as Mr., Mrs., Auntie, Uncle, Dr and Lord are attached in front of a name. Did you visit Uncle Neil on your way back home?  “Uncle” is an adjective.

8. Possessive Adjective Indicate possession. Do not touch my diary. It is personal.  “My” is the adjective.  Few other examples of possessive adjectives are “your”, “his”, “her”, “our”, “their”, etc.

9. Demonstrative Adjective Demonstrate or indicate certain things. Parents of only those students, who have not managed to pass in all subjects, will have to come for tomorrow’s parents-teachers meeting.  “Those” is a form of demonstrative adjective. Other such adjectives are “that”, “these”, “this”, etc.

10. Indefinite Adjective Formed from indefinite pronouns and Several soldiers died in the Pacific War.  “Several” is an adjective, which does not indicate the specific number of soldiers, who died in the war. Other such adjectives are “any”, “many”, few”, “several”, etc.

11. Order of Adjectives adjectivesExplanations OpinionExplains what you think about something (other people may not agree with you). Ex. silly, beautiful, horrible, difficult SizeTells you how big or small something is. Ex. large, tiny, enormous, little AgeTells you how young or old something or someone is. Ex. ancient, new, young, old ShapeDescribes the shape of something. Ex. square, round, flat, rectangular ColourDescribes the colour of something. Ex. blue, pink, reddish, grey OriginDescribes where something comes from. Ex. French, lunar, American, eastern, Greek MaterialDescribes what something is made from. Ex. wooden, metal, cotton, paper Purposedescribes what something is used for. These adjectives often end with “-ing”. Ex. sleeping (as in “sleeping bag”), roasting (as in “roasting tin”)

12. Order of Adjectives OpinionSizeAgeShapeColorOriginMaterialPurpose AsillyyoungEnglishman Ahugeroundmetalbowl Asmallredsleepingbag Some examples of adjective order

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