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Understanding Adjectives in English Grammar

Learn about types of adjectives - proper, compound, possessive, and more - with examples and explanations. Enhance your language skills on adjectives.

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Understanding Adjectives in English Grammar

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  1. JEOPARDY Adjective Proper & Nouns & Possessive Demon. & Compound Pronouns Inter. 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500 Final

  2. Adjectives100 • They describe what parts of speech

  3. Adjectives200 • The three common adjectives known as articles

  4. Adjectives300 • What is an indefinite article and name them

  5. Adjectives400 • What is a definite article and name it

  6. Adjective500 • Name one of the four questions asked to find adjectives

  7. Proper & Compound Adj.100 • What is a proper adjective?

  8. Proper & Compound Adj.200 *Name the two ways that compound adjectives can be formed

  9. Proper & Compound Adj.300 • When does the word change form: 1. A proper noun used as an adj. 2. An adj. formed from a proper noun

  10. Proper & Compound Adj.400 • Which is correct: Canada goose or Canadian goose

  11. Proper & Compound Adj.500 Which is correct: highpowered wings or high-powered wings

  12. Nouns & Pronouns as Adj.100 • A noun or pronoun can be used as an adjective if it describes what?

  13. Nouns & Pronouns as Adj.200 • Give an example of the noun “shoe” used as an adjective

  14. Nouns & Pronouns as Adj.300 • Give an example of a noun used as an adjective AND a pronoun used as an adjective.

  15. Nouns & Pronouns as Adj.400 • Find the adjectives in the following sentence: The duck pond sometimes freezes during the harsh winters.

  16. Nouns & Pronouns as Adj.500 • Find all of the adjectives and tell what noun they describe: The wings of a duck are small for its body weight.

  17. Possessive Adjectives100 • Define possessive adjective

  18. Possessive Adjectives200 • Name two examples of possessive pronouns used as adjectives

  19. Possessive Adjectives300 • When using a noun as a possessive adjective do you include an apostrophe? Give an example.

  20. Possessive Adjectives400 • Give an example of a possessive noun being used as an adjective

  21. Possessive Adjectives500 • Give an example of a possessive pronoun being used as an adjective

  22. Demonstrative & Interrogative100 • Name the four demonstrative adjectives

  23. Demonstrative & Interrogative200 • Name the three interrogative adjectives

  24. Demonstrative & Interrogative300 • What is the demonstrative adjective in the following sentence: These gifts are for Christmas.

  25. Demonstrative & Interrogative 400 • Name the adjective in the following sentence and label it demonstrative or interrogative: Which present is for Max?

  26. Demonstrative & Interrogative500 • What is the difference between demonstrative & interrogative adjectives?

  27. FINAL JEOPORDY • Find and label all of the adjectives in the following sentence AND tell what nouns they describe/modify: A dog was found on this street, but I don’t know if it is Mrs. Smith’s dog.

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