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Adjectives
Functional English I
Adjectives
Adjectives pair up with nouns and pronouns to describe them. They
take us from a ‘girl’’ to a ‘beautiful girl’’.
Adjectives can either precede (come before) a noun e.g.,
- Hilarious book
- old man
- green coat
- cheerful one
When adjectives are used like this, they are called attributive
adjectives.
OR they can follow (come after) a noun as in
- The book is hilarious
- Jack was old.
- It looks green.
- He seems cheerful.
When adjectives are used like this, they're called predicative
adjectives.
Other types of adjectives include,
Descriptive adjectives
These adjectives give noun a quality or characteristic. They may
describe,
Appearance attractive, muscular, clean, dusty
Colour blue, red, dark
Condition absent, broken, careful, dead
Personality annoying, brave, complex, lazy
Sense aromatic, bitter, cold, deafening
Size and Shape angular, broad, circular, deep
Time period ancient, brief, concurrent, daily
For Example,
• The silly dog rolled around in the filthy mud for hours.
• She's such a nice cashier.
• He hurt her feelings when he labeled her an annoying sister.
Proper Adjectives
Adjectives derived from proper nouns are called proper adjectives.
They are always capitalized. Nations, regions, and religions are
common qualities described by proper adjectives such as,
American
Pakistani
Christian
Muslim
Buddhist
For example,
• I enjoy Japanese food.
• She's going to a Shakespearean festival.
Compound adjectives
A single adjective with more than one word is called a compound
adjective. For example:
• Close-knit family
• Good-looking tattoo.
• Well-known fact
• Front-page news
• four-foot table
• 12-page magazine
• never-to-be-forgotten experience
• well-deserved award
• Go-to look
Compound adjectives are usually grouped with hyphens to show

they are one adjective.
Determiners used as adjectives
For centuries, the term "adjective" has been used for a word type
now called ‘’determiners’’. However not all adjectives can be called
determiners, but there are some determiners that can act as
adjectives.
These are,
1-Possessive Adjectives
The possessive adjectives (also called "possessive determiners" in
modern grammar) are my, your, his, her, its, our, their. A possessive
determiner sits before a noun (or a pronoun) to show who (or what)
owns it. For example,
• She likes your hat.
(The possessive adjective your sits before the noun hat to tell us
who owns it.)
• I think her dog has eaten my gerbil.
• He got his looks from his father
• How we spend our days is how we spend our lives.
2-Demonstrative adjectives
The demonstrative adjectives (called "demonstrative determiners
" in modern grammar) are this, that, these, and those. A
demonstrative adjective refers to something that has been
previously mentioned or is understood from context.
For example,
• That man's silence is wonderful to listen to.
• Maybe this world is another planet's hell.
• That lady looks worried.
• Take these ones away.
(Here, the demonstrative adjective is modifying a pronoun.)
• Put those tins in the cupboard.
• This plate is hot.
• Can you see that ranch?
• These flowers smell nice.
• Do not approach those dogs.
Note:
Do not confuse demonstrative adjectives/determiners with
demonstrative pronouns. Demonstrative pronouns do not
modify nouns or pronouns. They stand alone as pronouns. In this
case, the above examples would look like,
• This is hot.
• Can you see that?
• These smell nice.
• Do not approach those.
3-Quantitative Adjectives
A quantitative adjective provides information about the quantity
of the nouns/pronouns. They are also called quantitative
determiners or quantifiers. It is further divided into two
categories,
i. Definite numeral adjectives
These adjectives tell the exact quantity of nouns or pronouns. For
Example
• I have 20 bucks in my wallet.
• They have three children.
• He has 40 horses.
• I have been standing here for two hours.
ii. Indefinite adjectives
They don’t give the exact quantity or information about nouns or
pronouns. The most common indefinite adjectives are no, few,
many, much, most, all, any, each, every, either, nobody, several,
some, etc. Indefinite adjectives point out nouns in a non-specific/
general way. For example,
• I don't want any backtalk.
• I have plenty of them.
• There are no books in this library.
• I gave some candy to her.
• I want a few moments alone.
• Several writers wrote about the whole incident.
• Each student will have to submit homework tomorrow.
• I drank half of my mango drink.
4- Interrogative Adjectives
Interrogative adjectives (also called “interrogative determiners " in
modern grammar) pose a question. They need a noun or pronoun
by their side. These include,
what
which
whose
For example,
• What color do you want to paint the cottage?
• Which kimono do you want to order?
• Whose land are we standing on?
Note: Each interrogative adjective needed a noun after it. There are
other words that pose a question too, such as "who" and "how," but
they can't be adjectives because they don't modify nouns. For
example, you can say, "Whose land are we standing on?" But, it
would be incorrect to say, "Who land are we standing on?" or, "How
land are we standing on?"

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