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Parts of Speech - Adjectives

Parts of Speech - Adjectives

• Almost all words have a “part of speech”. Which part of speech a word has depends on how it is used in a sentence. Here is a list of the eight parts of speech: Noun Verb Adjective Adverb Conjunction Preposition Pronoun Interjection

Adjective: An adjective is a word or phrase that is used to modify a noun or pronoun. Example: The snake is long and green.

• In this example, long and green are adjectives because they modify the noun snake.

• Some words modify nouns that are not adjectives. These are attributive nouns. They are not predicative of the noun, so they are not adjectives. Example: The painting is extremely old.

• In this example, old is an adjective because it modifies the noun painting. However, extremely is not an adjective. It modifies the adjective old. Therefore it is an adverb. Example: The baseball team is good. • In this example, baseball modifies team. However, baseball is not an adjective because it is not predicative of the noun - the team is not baseball. Good is the only adjective in the sentence - the team is good.

Directions: Underline the adjectives in the following sentences.

1) The motorcycle is old.

 2) Today is cloudy, hot, and humid.

3) The man wearing a blue suit is young.

4) The runner is very fast.

 5) He is a good basketball player.

 6) Alamance Community College is a great place to learn.

 7) The blue bus is late. 8) The rusty truck has an oversized trailer.

 9) Jaime is so smart!

10) The job was difficult, but manageable.

11) The house has new plumbing and running water.

 12) The silly man laughed uncontrollably.

13) The boy said he was sorry.

14) The intoxicated gentleman wasn’t sure if the clock was fast or slow.

15) “A cleaner environment,” he trenchantly stated, “Is the key.”

ADJECTIVES - COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE

Adjectives - Comparative and Superlative

This is a box.

Big | Small

This is asmall box.

This is a bigbox.

Bigger / Smaller | Biggest / Smallest

	The blue box is bigger than the green box.		The blue box is smaller thanthe red box.
The green box is smaller thanthe red box and the blue box. The green box is the smallestbox.				The red box is bigger than the blue box and the green box. The red box is the biggest box.

Higher / Lower | Highest / Lowest

Mount Snowdon 1,085 metres	Mount Fuji is higher than Mount Snowdon.	Mount Fuji 3,776 metres	Mount Fuji is higher than Mount Snowdon, but lower than Mount Everest.	Mount Everest 8,848 metres
Mount Snowdon is the lowest mountain.				Mount Everest is the highest mountain.

Longer / Shorter | Longest / Shortest

River Danube 2,850 (km)	The river Amazon is longer than the river Danube.	River Amazon 6,516 (km)	The river Amazon is longer than the river Danube, but shorter than the river Nile.	River Nile 6,695 (km)
The river Danube is the shortest river.				The river Nile is the longest river.

Cheaper / More (Less) Expensive | Cheapest / Most (Least) Expensive

John's car cost £15,000	John's car was less expensive than Jane's car. It's cheaper than Jane's car.	Jane's car cost £25,000	Jane's car is more expensive than John's car, but less expensive than Bill's car.	Bill's car cost £55,000
John's car is the least expensive car. It's the cheapest car.				Bill's car is the most expensive car.

ADJECTIVES - WORKSHEET

Parts of Speech - Adjectives

• Almost all words have a “part of speech”. Which part of speech a word has depends on how it is used in a sentence. Here is a list of the eight parts of speech: Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb, Conjunction, Preposition, Pronoun and Interjection

Adjective: An adjective is a word or phrase that is used to modify a noun or pronoun. Example: The snake is long and green.

• In this example, long and green are adjectives because they modify the noun snake.

• Some words modify nouns that are not adjectives. These are attributive nouns. They are not predicative of the noun, so they are not adjectives. Example: The painting is extremely old.

• In this example, old is an adjective because it modifies the noun painting. However, extremely is not an adjective. It modifies the adjective old. Therefore it is an adverb. Example: The baseball team is good.
• In this example, baseball modifies team. However, baseball is not an adjective because it is not predicative of the noun - the team is not baseball. Good is the only adjective in the sentence - the team is good.

Underline the adjectives in the following sentences.

1) The motorcycle is old.

 2) Today is cloudy, hot, and humid.

3) The man wearing a blue suit is young.

4) The runner is very fast.

 5) He is a good basketball player.

 6) Alamance Community College is a great place to learn.

 7) The blue bus is late. 8) The rusty truck has an oversized trailer.

 9) Jaime is so smart!

10) The job was difficult, but manageable.

11) The house has new plumbing and running water.

 12) The silly man laughed uncontrollably.

13) The boy said he was sorry.

14) The intoxicated gentleman wasn’t sure if the clock was fast or slow.

15) “A cleaner environment,” he trenchantly stated, “Is the key.”

ORDER OF ADJECTIVES

 Order of Adjectives 

 In English, it is common to use more than one adjective to describe a noun. These adjectives must be used in the proper order. Example: Here is a beautiful, red, cloth flag. Why does beautiful come before red? Why does red come before cloth? • Understanding the proper order of adjectives takes practice. Use the following table to practice using the proper order of adjectives in the following sentences. 

Number   Opinion   Size    Age   Shape    Color   Origin   Material    Purpose   Noun 

four        generous    small   old   round      red     German    metal    sleeping     man

    

Directions: Choose the correct order of adjectives in the following sentences.

 1) The woman is wearing a ________ dress. A) yellow long B) long yellow 

2) He is a ________ man. A) tall thin B) thin tall

 3) The company makes ________ products. A) excellent farming B) farming excellent 

4) James recently departed on a ________ trip. A) camping long B) long camping 

5) I love eating ________ strawberries. A) red big B) big red 

6) The ________ woman did well on the test. A) intelligent young B) young intelligent 

7) The ticket costs ________ dollars. A) ten US B) US ten 

8) The scientists have found a ________ cure for the disease. A) new great B) great new 

9) I am going to wear my ________ tie to the wedding. A) big cotton blue B) blue big cotton C) big blue cotton 

10) Please recycle those ________ bottles. A) three water empty B) three empty water C) water empty three 

11) She packed her clothes in a ________ box. A) green flimsy cardboard B) flimsy green cardboard C) cardboard flimsy green 

12) Their dog is a ________ shepherd. A) brown big German B) big brown German C) German big brown 

13) I am drinking from a ________ cup. A) small English tea B) tea small English C) English small tea 

14) My ________ teacher talks for hours! A) philosophy old boring B) old philosophy boring C) boring philosophy old D) boring old philosophy 

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