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Unit 1: Friendship: Adjectives
Unit 1: Friendship: Adjectives
ADJECTIVES
DEFINITION
Adjectives are descriptives words. Are use to describe or give information about things, ideas, people; nouns or pronouns. FOR EXAMPLE: The GREY dog barked (The adjective grey describes the noun dog)
1. Numeric: six, one hundres and one, etc. Quantitative: more, all, some, half, more tan enough, etc. Qualitative: color, size, smell, etc. Possessive: my his, their, your, etc. Interrogative: which, whose, what, etc. Demonstrative: this, that, those, there, etc.
TYPES OF ADJECTIVES
EXAMPLES
Color
Adjectives can be used to describe color: The blue bag
Opinion
Adjectives can be used to give your opinin about something: Good pretty, right, wrong, funny, light, happy, sad, full, soft, hard, etc. He was a silly boy
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Size
Adjectives can be used to describe size. Big, small, Little, long, tall, short, same, as The big man
Age
He was an old man She is a young boy
EXAMPLES
Shape
Round, circular, triangular, rectangular, square, oval, etc. It is a square box
Origin
German, Chilean, Italian, etc. It was a German flag She is Italian
EXAMPLES
Materials
A wooden cupboard
Distance
Long, short, far, around, high, low, etc. She went for a long walk
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Temperature
Cold, warm, hot, cold, etc. It was a cold day
Time
Late, early, bed, nap, dinner, lunch, day, morning, nigh, etc. She had an early start
Sulley
Sullye is big Sulley is grumpy.
DESCRIBING PEOPLE