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THE ADJECTIVE
The adjective gives information can also follow certain verbs:
about a noun or pronoun, such as
what kind the house is white
white house
the black cat the speeches seemed long
a joyful occasion long speeches
the chair felt comfortable
or which one comfortable chair
a first draft the tree grew tall
that suggestion tall tree
or how many A few adjectives will follow their
nouns, but usually only in set phras-
ten players es:
few new ideas.
court martial
The adjective usually precedes the secretary-general
noun it modifies, but some adjectives
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less can also be used to form the adverbs are usually used to form
comparative as more skillful and the comparative and superlative
less skillful, and likewise, the forms as more fortunate, most fortu-
adverbs most and least can be used nate.
to form the superlative as most There are a few adjectives that
skillful and least skillful. For adjec- have unique comparative and
tives of more than two syllables, the superlative forms:
DEMONSTRATIVE ADJECTIVES
The demonstrative adjectives this plural forms are these and those,
and that are used to point out the respectively.
one person or thing referred to as
not this coat but that one. The These books are mine and those
books are yours.
DESCRIPTIVE ADJECTIVES
INDEFINITE ADJECTIVES
INTERROGATIVE ADJECTIVES
POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES
The possessive form of a personal Wheres my magazine
pronoun is called a possessive Your cab is here.
adjective. Following is a list of They can read his story.
possesssive adjectives and a few It was her idea.
examples of how they are used: The box and its contents
were inspected.
Singular Plural Shes our mother.
Your photos are ready.
my our We paid for their tickets.
your your
his
her
its their
PREDICATE ADJECTIVES
A predicate adjective modifies the She became angry.
subject of a linking verb, such as They are happy with the
be, become, feel, taste, smell, or outcome.
seem: The milk smells bad.
The student seems lonely.
He is lucky.
PROPER ADJECTIVES
THE ADVERB
Adverbs, whether single words or When the adjective ends in -y, the
phrases, usually give information adverb is formed by changing -y to
about the verbs, such as when -i and adding the suffix -ly:
We arrived yesterday
He woke up late happily
daintily
or where
When the adjective ends in -ic, the
I found them at the restaurant adverb is formed by adding the suf-
He spent time in the hospital fix -ally:
or how basically
numerically
They arose quickly
She worked hard When an adjective ends in -ly, the
adverb retains the same spelling:
Most single-word adverbs end in
-ly and are formed by adding the a daily routine adjective
suffix -ly to an adjective: she called her mother daily
adverb
madly an early meeting adjective
wonderfully the show started early adverb