What is an Adjective?

2. What is an Adjective? • An adjective is a word that describes or limits a noun or a pronoun.

3. Types of Adjectives Descriptive Adjectives Limiting Adjectives

4. Descriptive Adjectives A descriptive adjective is an adjective that describes a noun or a pronoun. • A proper adjective is an adjective that is formed from a proper noun. • A common adjective is an adjective that expresses qualities of a noun or pronoun.

5. Proper Adjectives • Columbian harbor • French flag • Olympic team • Canadian railroad • Scottish ballad

6. Common Adjectives • deep harbor • silk flag • pale light • elm tree • dusty lane

7. Limiting Adjectives • Limiting adjectives may be: numerical adjectives ( one, six, twenty-five) pronominal adjectives ( used as a pronoun) articles ( the, a and an)

8. Pronominal Adjectives • this, that, these, those • my, our , yours, his, her, its, their, whose • each, every, either, neither • any, all, another, both, few, many, several, some, such, much • which, what

9. Other Types of Adjectives A demonstrative adjective is an adjective that points out a definite person, place or thing. A possessive adjective is that denotes ownership. A distributive adjective is an adjective that refers to each person, place or thing separately.

10. Other Types of Adjectives • An indefinite adjective is an adjective that points out no particular person, place or thing. • An interrogative adjective is an adjective that is used in asking a question.

11. Types of Adjectives • Demonstrative This message will delight Marsha. • Possessive Has your story been accepted. • Distributive Each task has its own difficulties.

12. Types of Adjectives • Indefinite Many varieties of fruit were on display. • Interrogative Whose umbrella is this?