It modifies a noun or pronoun.

It may describe, identify or quantify a noun or pronoun.

Adjectives nearly always appear immediately before the noun they modifyEx. Danielle is a charming baby.

Rajesh has a black cat

Types of AdjectivesDESCRIPTIVE ADJECTIVE:

These types of adjectives add detail or description to the noun.

The tall man thought he could reach the top shelf of the bookcase.

TALL describes the subject MAN and TOP describes the direct object SHELF.

After the difficult surgery, the famous doctors to a nap.

DIFFICULT modifies the object of the preposition SURGERY and FAMOUS describes the subject DOCTOR.

LIMITING ADJECTIVE:

These types of adjectives specify or limit the noun.

An adjective that limits a noun; they include definite articles, indefinite articles, possessive adjectives, demonstrative adjectives, indefinite adjectives, interrogative adjectives, cardinal adjectives, ordinal adjectives, proper adjectives and nouns used as adjectives.

The two teams have met every season since 1932.

TWO tells us how many TEAMS and EVERY tells us how many SEASONS.

Note: It does not describe the teams; it tells us which ones to limit our attention to.

Saturday, Oregon plays USC before what should be a sellout crowd.

SELLOUT tells us what size of crowd. A specific number would also be limiting.

Did Garret see this article that appeared in the paper?

THIS indicates which “limited” article.Note: In this sentence, THIS is NOT a

demonstrative pronoun.Will you be sitting at

the captain’s table this evening?

CAPTAIN’S limits what table we are considering.

Note: This type of possessive is called a possessive noun.

This season, the two are meeting on a home-and-home basis, unusual for non-conference rivals

HOME-AND-HOME limits the basis for meeting.

Note: We use hyphens to connect words that work together to modify the noun.

 

Common Adjectives Applies to a class of things rather than to a particular

Industrious beaver ,little man, yellow journalism

Proper AdjectivesApplies to one particular member of a class, rather than to the class as a whole.

Ex.I enjoy many different types of food but Italian food is my favorite.

The Chinese noodles are in the kitchen pantry. (China)

Italian cream cake is extremely rich yet delicious. (Italy)

Japanese robes are called kimonos. (Japan)

Pronominal AdjectivesIs a word that commonly used as a pronoun that substantive .

Ex.This book , these books, that man

Those men

_Interrogative_Ex. What directions did the doctor give?

By whose direction are we held?

_Indefinite_Ex. Some days any sticksNo islandsEvery man Each age

_Possessive_Ex.My eyesYour tooth His hairHer lipsYour heads

_Intensive_Ex.The very likeness

_Numerical_Ex.Three men (cardinal)The third man (ordinal)

Castor oil tastes bad.

Adjectives are also follows the words feel, taste, smell , sound,

and look.Example: Chamomile oil smells good.

Adjectives are also found after the verb Be, Become, Seem, StayExample: Your books are expensive.

Adjectives are also found immediately after the

word THE.Example: The rich man shares his

money with the poor.

Correct Usage of Adjectives - 'SOME' and 'ANY' We use some in a positive statement and any in a negative statement or a question.

Example: I have some money to buy a couple of lollipops. (Positive statement)Example: I haven't any money to buy her a birthday card. (Negative statement)Example: Do you need any help? (A question)

We can use 'some' with countable nouns and uncountable nouns.

Example: I have bought some apples for you. (Countable noun)Example: There is some tea in the pot. (Uncountable noun)

We can use 'some' in a question if it is an invitation or a request.

Example: Would you like to have some coffee? (invitation)Example: Will you please give me some medicine for my cough? (request)

We can join 'some' and 'any' with 'one', 'body' or 'thing' to form compound words.

EXAMPLE:

There is someone asking for you.The police are looking for somebody.He is hiding something under his bed.There wasn't anyone around when I arrived.

Has anybody seen a ghost? It hasn't anything to do with you, so please stop asking.

Arrangement of Adjectives

determiner

observation

Physical description

(size/age/shape/color)

origin material

qualifier

noun

A Beautiful red Italian leather belt Bag

This Soft round Japanese

cake

Several Expensive tiny Chinese

Glass figurines

Those Crispy red

The strict old physics Professor