ADJECTIVE AND ITS KINDS

• Adjective - is a word that modifies a noun or pronoun.
• Positions of an Adjective

  1. It appears before the noun it modifies. (BEAUTIFUL daughter)
  2. It comes after the noun it modifies. (Imelda, rich, and famous, will donate 10% of her wealth)
  3. It appears after linking verbs in the Subject - Linking Verb - Complement Pattern. (The room was DIRTY)
  4. It comes after the noun complement in the Subject - Transitive Verb - Direct Object - Complement Pattern. (John made his point very CLEAR)
• Descriptive Adjective - a word that gives quality, size, age, color, origin, and material/kind to a noun or pronoun. It answers the question "What kind of?"

  • LARGE polo
  • SEVEN-YEAR-OLD daughter
  • YELLOW teeth
• Limiting Adjective - a word that points out an object or indicates its number or quantity. It answers the question, "Which?" or "How many?" or "How much?"
• Interrogative Adjective - a word that asks a question; what, which whose are used to modify a noun or pronoun.

  • WHAT is the name of your school adviser?