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Understanding Adjectives and Their Types

Adjectives are words that describe or modify nouns and pronouns. There are several types of adjectives: 1) Possessive adjectives indicate possession (my, your, his, her, its, our, their). 2) Demonstrative adjectives directly refer to something or someone (this, that, these, those). 3) Descriptive adjectives describe nouns and pronouns, including participles modifying nouns. The document then discusses several other types of adjectives including quantitative, proper, interrogative, indefinite, articles, compound adjectives. It also covers the positive, comparative, and superlative degrees of ad

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Understanding Adjectives and Their Types

Adjectives are words that describe or modify nouns and pronouns. There are several types of adjectives: 1) Possessive adjectives indicate possession (my, your, his, her, its, our, their). 2) Demonstrative adjectives directly refer to something or someone (this, that, these, those). 3) Descriptive adjectives describe nouns and pronouns, including participles modifying nouns. The document then discusses several other types of adjectives including quantitative, proper, interrogative, indefinite, articles, compound adjectives. It also covers the positive, comparative, and superlative degrees of ad

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ADJECTIVE

A D I N D A D I VA HUSNUL AMALIA SABRINA S.T SEMBIRING


WHAT IS AN ADJECTIVE?
Adjectives are words that describe or modify a
noun/pronouns.
Identify or quantify individual people and unique
things.
usually positioned before the noun or pronoun that
they modified.
I. Possessive Adjectives
Possessive adjectives are used to indicate possession. They
are: My, Your, His, Her, Its, Our, Their
Example: - My car is parked outside.
- His cat is very cute.

TYPE OF
II. Demonstrative Adjectives
A demonstrative adjective directly refers to something or
ADJECTIVE
someone. Demonstrative adjectives include the words: this,
that, these, those.
Examples: - That building is so gorgeously decorated.
- This car is mine.
III. Descriptive adjectives
TY A descriptive adjective is a word which describes nouns and pronouns.

PE Participles are also included in this type of adjective when they modify a noun.
Examples: - I have a fast car.

OF - I saw a flying eagle.

ADJ Iv. Quantitative Adjectives


EC A quantitative adjective provides information about the quantity of the
TIV nouns/pronouns. This type belongs to the question category of ‘how much’ and
‘how many’.

E Examples: - I have 20 bucks in my wallet.


- They have three children.
TYPE OF ADJECTIVE
v. Proper Adjectives
When proper nouns modify or describe other nouns/pronouns, they become proper
adjectives. Proper adjective can addition (n,an,ian,e,y,s,I,tian) behind the word
Example: - American cars are very strong.
- Russian caviar is delicious.

vi. Interrogative Adjectives


An interrogative adjective asks a question. An interrogative adjective must be followed
by a noun or a pronoun. The interrogative adjectives are: which, what, whose.
Examples: - Which phone do you use?
- What game do you want to play?
vii. Indefinite Adjectives
An indefinite adjective describes or modifies a noun
unspecifically. They provide indefinite/unspecific information

TYPE
about the noun.
Examples: - I gave some candy to her.
- I want a few moments alone.

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There are only three articles, and all of them are adjectives:
ADJEC
a, an, and the. Because they are used to discuss non-specific
things and people, a and an are called indefinite articles. TIVE
Examples: - A cat is always afraid of water.
- The cat is afraid of me.
Ix. Compound adjectives
TYP When compound nouns/combined words modify other
E OF nouns, they become a compound adjective.
ADJ Example: - I have a broken-down sofa.
- I saw a six-foot-long snake.
ECTI
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THE DEGREE OF ADJECTIV

• Positive Degree:
He is a good boy.
• Comparative Degree:
He is better than any other boy.
• Superlative Degree:
He is the best boy.
THANK YOU

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