1. Prepared By: Ali Al-Saadany
Adjectives
Prepared By: Ali Al-Saadany

2. Notice how “house” is modified by these adjectives:
What Are Adjectives?
Adjectives are words that make language come alive by adding description or information.
An adjective is a word that describes a noun or pronoun.
Adjectives are often called modifiers because they modify or change the meaning of a noun or pronoun.
Notice how “house” is modified by these adjectives:
Brick house
European-style house

3. Adjectives answer several questions about nouns or pronouns. They tell:
Which one?
Eg: Those books
What Kind?
Eg: White Flowers
How many?
Eg: several jars
How much?
Eg: Enough Raisins

4. What is the position of adjectives in a sentence?
An adjective usually comes before the noun it modifies. Eg: White flowers.
Sometimes however, adjectives come after the nouns they modify. Eg: She was shy and quiet.

5. Articles
“The” is the definite article. It points to a specific person, place, thing or idea. “A” and “an” are indefinite articles. They point to a group of similar people, places, things or ideas.
Eg: I want to see a concert (any concert)
Eg: I want to drive the new car (a specific car)

6. Proper adjectives
A proper adjective begins with a capital letter. There are two types of proper adjectives:
1- A proper noun used as an adjective
Eg: The Chicago skyline
2-An adjective formed from a proper noun
Eg: American history

7. :Using Nouns as adjectives Using Compound adjectives:
Nouns can sometimes be used as adjectives.
A noun used as an adjective usually comes directly after another noun and answers the question: What kind? Or Which one?
Eg: A shoe salesperson
Using Compound adjectives:
A compound adjective is made up of more than one word. Most compound adjectives are written as hyphenated words.
Eg: A well-known actress
Some are written as combined words.
Eg: A freshwater lake

8. Using pronouns as adjectives:
A pronoun becomes an adjective if it modifies a noun.
Eg: we saw the dress on this side of the mall
Using possessive nouns and pronouns as adjectives
The following personal pronouns are often ‘possessive adjectives’: my, your, her, his, its, our and their. They are adjectives because they come before nouns and answer the question “which one?”
Eg: The children clapped their hands

9. Using Demonstrative Adjectives: Using Interrogative adjectives
This, that, these and those ( the four demonstrative pronouns) can also be demonstrative adjectives.
Eg: We bought that
That man is the new principal
Using Interrogative adjectives
Which, what and whose ( three of the interrogative pronouns) can be interrogative adjectives
Eg: Which is your favorite dish?

10. Using indefinite adjectives
A number of indefinite pronouns ( both, few, many, each, most and all) among other, can also be used as indefinite adjectives.
Eg: Each student gets to choose
I don’t need any advice

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