Lesson # 3 with Maria - Adjectives

 I. Adjectives

I.A. Degrees of Adjectives

I.B. Kinds of Adjectives

1. Descriptive- also called qualitative adjectives. 

Participles are also included in this type of adjective when they modify a noun.

2.

Example sentences: 

It was made of a 
strange, 
green, 
metallic material.

It’s a 
long, 
narrow, 
plastic brush.

Panettone is a 
round, 
Italian, 
bread-like Christmas cake.

She was a 
beautiful, 
tall, 
thin, 
young, 
black-haired, 
Scottish woman.

What an 
amazing, 
little, 
old, Chinese cup and saucer! 

2. Quantitative- describe the exact or approximate amount of noun. Examples: any, couple, double, each, every, few, full, great, many, most, much, neither, little, some, all 

Finally he took down a couple of cups and poured them some coffee

He heard neither the clock nor the birds.

3. Proper- a modifier that is formed by the proper noun. Examples: American, British, French

4. Demonstrative- This, that, these, those

5. Possessive- 

6. Interrogative- what, which, whose. They are used in interrogative sentences. These words will not be considered as adjectives if a noun does not follow right after them. 

Example: What movie is worth watching today?

Which pencil is yours?

Whose fault is that?

What is the difference between "which" and "that" ?

"That" is used to indicate a specific object, item, person, condition, etc., while "which" is used to add information to objects, items, people, situations, etc. Because "which" indicates a non-restrictive (optional) clause, it is usually set off by commas before "which" and at the end of the clause.

Example: Our yard that has the big rose bushes could use a good mowing.

Our yard, which has the big rose bushes, could use a good mowing.

7. Indefinite-any, each, few, many, much, most, several, some

8. Articles- articles determine the specification of nouns. 'A' and 'an' are used to refer to an unspecific noun, and 'the' is used to refer to a specific noun.  

9. Compound - 2 or multiword adjective. Examples: part-time keeper, all-too-common mistake, four-foot table, Harry Potter actor, "get out now" look, quick-witted lady, record-breaking show, two-week break, air-tight seal, polo-neck top

II. Test

1. Andrea had a ________ in her hair yesterday.

 nice yellow bow
 yellow nice bow
 bow nice yellow

2. She lost a ________ .

 small white cat
 cat small white
 white small cat

3. I bought ________ oranges.

 great some big
 big great some
 some great big

4. We met ________ people at the conference.

 very smart two
 two very smart
 very two smart

5. The clown was wearing a ________ hat.

 big green-yellow
 big green and yellow
 yellow and green big

6. The cookies that you ________ .

 smell delicious baked
 baked smell delicious
 delicious smell baked

7. Is it ________ ?

 cold getting outside
 getting cold outside
 getting outside cold

8. The course you are ________ .

 taking sounds interesting
 sounds interesting taking
 interesting sounds taking

9. My uncle wore a ________ to the wedding.

 silk blue tie
 tie blue silk
 blue silk tie

10. Have you met that _____ next door?

 cute boy new
 cute new boy
 new boy cute

1. He was wearing a ________ shirt.
  dirty old flannel
  flannel old dirty
  old dirty flannel

2. Pass me the ________ cups.
  plastic big blue
  big blue plastic
  big plastic blue

3. All the girls fell in love with the ________ teacher.
  handsome new American
  American new handsome
  new handsome American

4. I used to drive ________ car.
  a blue old German
  an old German blue
  an old blue German

5. He recently married a ________ woman.
  young beautiful Greek
  beautiful young Greek
  beautiful Greek young

6. This is a ________ movie.
  new Italian wonderful
  wonderful Italian new
  wonderful new Italian

7. She is a ________ supermodel.
  beautiful slim Brazilian
  Brazilian beautiful slim
  slim Brazilian beautiful

8. It's in the ________ container.
  large blue metal
  blue large metal
  blue metal large

9. He sat behind a ________ desk.
  big wooden brown
  big brown wooden
  wooden big brown

10. She gave him a ________ vase.
  small Egyptian black
  black Egyptian small
  small black Egyptian