Adjectives7

• What are adjectives primarily used for?


  Modifiers of nouns or pronouns
• How do adjectives modify nouns or pronouns?

  They change the image of a noun or pronoun
• What are the two kinds of adjectives?

  Descriptive and limiting adjectives
• What do descriptive adjectives do?

  They describe nouns with sensory images
• What is a proper adjective?

  Derived from proper nouns and capitalized
• Give an example of a proper adjective derived from America.

  American
• What do limiting adjectives do?

  Point out nouns
• How many kinds of articles are there?

  Three kinds of articles
• What is the definite article?

  The, a/an
• What distinguishes indefinite articles?

  They do not point nouns specifically
• Can "the" be used before plural nouns?

  Yes, it can
• When can "a" and "an" be used?

  Only before singular nouns
• When should "a" be used?

  Before consonant sounds
• When should "an" be used?

  Before vowel sounds
• What do possessive adjectives show?

  Ownership of a noun
• How many possessive adjectives are there?

  Fourteen possessive adjectives:

  my, mine, your, yours, his, her, hers, its, our, ours, their, theirs.
• What are the four demonstrative adjectives?

  This, that, these, those
• What do indefinite adjectives often tell?

  How many or how much of something
• How many indefinite adjectives are there?

  Seventeen indefinite adjectives:

  all, any, another, both, each, either, few, little, many, more, most, much, neither, one, other, several, some.
• What are the three interrogative adjectives?

  Which, what, whose
• How can you tell if a word is a pronoun or an adjective?

  If it renames or points out a noun
• Where is the most common location for adjectives in a sentence?

  Directly in front of the noun
• What are predicate adjectives?

  Adjectives after a linking verb
• When can adjectives occur after a noun?

  When set off by commas
• What are the types of adjectives and their functions?


  • Descriptive Adjectives: Describe nouns with sensory images
  • Limiting Adjectives: Point out nouns
  • Articles: a, an, the
  • Possessives: my, your, his, etc.
  • Demonstratives: this, that, these, those
  • Indefinites: all, any, few, etc.
  • Interrogatives: which, what, whose
• How do you differentiate between adjectives and pronouns?

  • Adjectives point out nouns
  • Pronouns rename nouns
  • Example: "That pencil" (adjective) vs. "That is a pencil" (pronoun)
• What are the locations of adjectives in a sentence?

  1. Directly in front of the noun
  2. After a linking verb (predicate adjectives)
  3. After a noun, set off by commas