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Adjectives. All the cool kids use adjectives!. An a djective describes or modifies a noun or pronoun. The articles a , an , and the are also adjectives Answers the questions what kind ? which one ? how many ? or how much ? The frightened young child hid behind his mother.
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Adjectives All the cool kids use adjectives!
An adjective describes or modifies a noun or pronoun. • The articles a, an, and the are also adjectives • Answers the questions what kind?which one? how many? orhow much? • The frightened young child hid behind his mother. • The, frightened,and young modify child. Adjectives
Proper Adjective—createdfrom a proper noun and is CAPITALIZED • Indiana summers can be very humid. • Indiana is a proper adjective. Predicate Adjective—follows a form of the “be” verb (or other linking verb) and describes the subject • Late autumn seems grim to those who love summer. • grim modifies autumn Types of Adjectives
Three forms of Adjectives: positive, comparative, and superlative • Positive form—describes a noun or pronoun without comparing it to anyone or anything else • MOST adjectives are in the positive • The first game was long and tiresome. Forms of Adjectives
Comparative form—(-er, more, or less) • compares two persons, places, things, or ideas • The second game was longer and more tiresome than the first. Superlative form—(-est, most, or least) • compares three or more persons, places, things, or ideas • The third game was the longest and most tiresome of all. Forms of Adjectives (con’t.)
PositiveComparativeSuperlative Big bigger biggest Helpful more helpful most helpful Painful less painful least painful NOTE: Use more and most or less and least instead of adding a suffix with many adjectives of two or more syllables