An adjective describes a noun or a pronoun. An adjective answers: What kind? Which one? How many?

Example: happy dog tired boy seven girls

Rules of adjectives

ADJECTIVE RULES:

1. Adjectives can come before nouns: a new car

2. Adjectives can come after verbs such as be, become, seem, look, etc.: That car looks fast! (linking verb)

3. They can be modified by adverbs: a very expensive car They can be used as complements to a noun: The extras make the car expensive. (complements = predicate adjectives)

Types of adjectives

1. Adjectival Noun An Adjective can sometimes function as a Noun; the young, the rich, etc. These are Adjectival Nouns, meaning the people who are young, the people who are rich, etc. 2. Attributive Adjective An attributive adjective comes before a noun and not after a copula verb, like BE, SEEM, etc.

Types of adjectives

1. Common Adjective A common adjective is an adjective that is not written with a capital letter. Most adjectives are common- ones that are written with a capital letter are proper adjectives. 2. Demonstrative Adjectives Demonstrative adjectives (this, that, these, those) show whether the noun they refer to is singular or plural and whether it is located near to or far from the speaker or writer.

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3. Possessive Adjectives
My, your, his, her, its, our, and their are the English possessive adjectives, used with nouns to show possession or ownership. EG. That's my folder. (My is an adjective which shows that I am the owner of the folder.)

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4. Predicative Adjectives A predicative adjective comes after a copula verb (linking verb) and not before a noun. A predicate adjective follows a linking verb and describes your subject! Mrs. Killian is . 5. Proper Adjective A proper adjective is an adjective that is written with a capital letter. They are often derived from proper nouns: A Japanese camera- Japanese is derived from the proper noun Japan. This is not always the case: Native Americans- Native is not derived from a proper noun, but is capitalized as the words together form the name of the group of people.

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8. Ordinary adjectives that are not written with a capital letter are common adjectives. 9. Resultative Adjectives A resultative adjective is an adjective that is placed postpositively (after the noun it modifies) and reflects a change that occurs by action of the verb on the noun. Hence result +ative. He cooked the meat rare.
She painted the fence white. She rinsed the glass clean

To find an adjective you need to locate the nouns first.

Three happy children played at the park. The donkey stepped on my large hat.

The child was brave.

Can you find the adjectives?

First find the nouns

We saw the gray elephant at the zoo.

Then ask, What words describe the nouns?
WHAT KIND? WHICH ONE? HOW MANY?

Can you find the adjectives?

First find the nouns

The rabbit followed the slow turtle.

Then ask, What words describe the nouns?
WHAT KIND? WHICH ONE? HOW MANY?

Can you find the adjectives?

First find the nouns

He found two pennies on the ground.

Then ask, What words describe the nouns?
WHAT KIND? WHICH ONE? HOW MANY?

Can you find the adjectives?

First find the nouns

The children heard the loud bell.

Then ask, What words describe the nouns?
WHAT KIND? WHICH ONE? HOW MANY?

Can you find the adjectives?

First find the nouns

The brown dog growled at the tall man.

Then ask, What words describe the nouns?
WHAT KIND? WHICH ONE? HOW MANY?