A man's character may be learned from

the adjectives which he habitually uses in

conversation



Mark Twain

The adjective is the banana peel of the
parts of speech. Clifton
Fadiman

Adjectives modify nouns
Adjectives are added to nouns to state:
The colour
which one
How many

Follow the yellow cab.
Dan caught another large bird.
There is an essential matter we need to discuss.


Adjectives modify pronoun
It is a blue one.
Only a brave few have received a
recommendation.

Typesof adjectives ( structure)



Simple compound derivative

Good, well-informed lovely
Thin life-span creative

Types of adjectives ( meaning)
-qualitative adjectives denoting:
size shape
-relative adjectives: expressing qualities
which characterize an object through its
relation to another object
Types of adjective
-describing adjectives These are the most common and describe a person,
place or thing :intelligent, beautiful, tall, spindly, obese, shy, green,athletic,
clever, shiny
The shiny coin flashed in the sunlight.
proper adjectivesThese are proper nouns used as adjectives
Australian native animals are unique.
The June rain is ideal for plants
Simple adjectives consist of one syllable.Good, old, rich, new, poor, long,
short.
I want to live a long life.
possessive adjectives These tell who something belongs to.my, his, her,
their, your, its, our.
This is our garden.Is this your magazine?
Demonstrative adjectivesThis, that, those, these
That is my dog. These are our parents.
compound adjectivesThese are adjectives joined by hyphen; shalf-ripe,
feather-light, fast-moving, well-developed.
The feather-light sponge won fi rst prize
The baby was asleep.
or an asleep baby

Adjective :afraid, alone, alive, awake,
asleep, glad
are never followed by a noun.

Nouns as adjectives
1. Nouns can be used as adjectives if they
go before another noun. They have no
plural form in this case.
Can you repair the garden gate? ( a
morning class, a two-week holiday)
2. Some adjectives can be used as plurals
referring to a group of people in general.
( the poor, the strong, the deaf, the sick)
The rich should help the poor.
How to remember the order of
adjectives
This involves remembering a place that you know well, such as your home, and
imagining walking through it, looking at things.
Imagine that you arrive at the door of your home. On the door is the letter 'A', and you are
greeted by someone who lives there. This helps you to remember the article 'A' or the
determiner(s); e.g. my Mother's.
Imagine that you are happy to see each other. This helps you to remember
the opinion adjective.
Imagine the size of your home: is it big, small, or long? This helps you to remember the
size adjectives.
Imagine that you go into your home and you see an object. Remember the shape of the
object.
Now imagine that you walk around your home; e.g. towards your room. Think of another
object further from the door. Think of the age of that object; e.g. new or old.
Move on to another object, this time a colourful one. Remember what colour it is.
Move on to another object. This object should remind you of a foreign place; e.g. a picture
of somewhere in China, or a souvenir from a holiday abroad. This is to help you
remember nationality.
Next imagine moving to another object, this time a religious one. Maybe you have a place
for worshipping your ancestors, or a statue of Buddha.
Next move to another object. This should be special because it is made of one material;
e.g. a crystal ornament or a wooden statue.
Finally move to a place where there is an object that is described with 2 words, and the first
is a noun; e.g. a book shelf. Imagine that this is the end of your journey around your flat.
Put the adjectives in the correct
order
A Chinese/ little/ pretty girl
a pretty little Chinese girl
1. a(an) wedding/ expensive/ satin/ white/
dress
2. a/ detective/ new/ brilliant/ French film
3. a(an)Greek/ ancient/ fascinating/ picture
4. a/ red and white/ lovely/ marble/ Turkish
chess set
Degrees of Comparison
1 one syllable
Short- shorter- the
shortest
Big-bigger-the biggest
Large-larger-the largest
Easy-easier- the easiest
2 or more syllables
Special-more special-the
most special
Attractive-more
attractive- the most
attractive
clever

Cleverer
more clever
The the most
Cleverest clever
common
Cruel
Friendly
Gentle
Narrow
Pleasant
Polite
Simple
stupid
Clever

The cleverest
More clever


The most clever
Irregular adjectives
Old older-the oldest; elder-the eldest
Far-farther-the farthest; further-the
furthest
Much
Many more-the most
Little-less-the least
Late-later-the latest; latter-the last

Types of comparison

Like/as
Like
-to say what smb. Or smth. looks
like
She looks like Madonna
-after feel, look, smell, sound
+noun
It smells loke fish
-with nouns/ promouns/ -ing
It eas like flying in the air.
As
-Smb. or smth really is or to talk
about.
He works as a clerk.
-as usual, as..as, as much, such
as, the same as.
He plays the piano as well as I
do.
-verbs: to accept, to be known, to
describe, to refer to, to regard,
to use.
He is regarded as the best
student in his class.
Fill in like/ as
He is known .Chuck to his friends.
Her perfume smelt roses.
His father worked.an accountant.
.usual, Terry was late for work.
She singswell her mother.
Ann looks .an angel.
Some politicians, such..John Major, are
always in the news.



Compare
She is a beautiful girl. ( adj. +noun)

She is beautiful.(v.+noun)

Copula verbs: to be, to seem, to stay, to
remain, to feel, to taste, to look, to hear,
to appear.


Game

1. Defining by sense. (To describe an
object to the class, through as many
senses as you can, and ask the class to
guess what the object is.

2. Game: cooperative poem ( to write an
article, a noun, and adjective appropriate
to the title of the poem proposed :
Travelling.
Recipe writing.
Write the recipe of the living happily,
using as many adjectives as it is possible.