Adjective and Determiner

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Definition of adjective

An adjective modifies a noun or a pronoun. To modify means “to describe” or “to make more definite.”

Example: big, pretty, green, round, French, loud, quick, fat.

Example in sentence: she has big brown eyes. The new car broke down.

Types of adjective

   1.      Opinion

Nice, pretty, stupid, original, etc.

e.g: a sweet girl

   2.      Size

Big, small, large, tiny, etc.

e.g: there’s a tiny building

   3.      Age

Young, old, new, ancient, etc.

e.g: an antique car

   4.      Shape

Round, square, flat, straight, etc.

e.g: a straight road

   5.      Color

Blue, red, black, white, etc.

e.g: a black cat

   6.      Origin

Italian, British, Mexican, western, etc.

e.g: an Italian pizza

   7.      Material

Metal, wooden, plastic, golden, etc.

e.g: a plastic toy

Definition of determiner

Determiner are words that are used before nouns to show which person or thing you are talking about. Determiners comes before a noun to show which person or thing the noun refersto

Types of determiner

   1.      Articles

- Definite articles are those that point a particular person or thing. It can be used in front of a singular as well as plural countable and uncountable noun.

e.g: he saw the movie

-indefinite articles are those articles that leave a person or thing undertermined or confuse.

e.g: he is a doctor, I have an umbrella

   2.      Demonstrative adjective

This adjective indicate the noun that is being referred to

e.g: this book is mine

these books is mine

that cat is cute

those cats are cute

   3.      Different words

Difference word are used when you want to refer to something different, additional, or remaining.

e.g: same will eat the other piece of cake

I would like another balloon

   4.      Distributive

Are used to refer to how people or things are divided or share within a group

e.g: the teacher hands a paper to each child

   5.      Number (cardinal and ordinal)

Numbers are used to tell an exact amount (one, two, three) or a certain order (first, second, third)

e.g: there were twenty children at the party

she was the first person

   6.      Possessive pronouns

The pronouns are used to show possessions or belonging

e.g: this is my family

   7.      Quantifiers

Quantifiers tell us the number of each noun

e.g: please hand me a few tissues

   8.      Question or defining words

Question words ask which thing or person is being referred to by the speaker

e.g: which house is yours?

What book did you read?

Whose dog is that?

Placement and order of adjective

  1.      Determiner (a, an, the, some, any, one)

  2.      Opinion (wonderful, great, luxurious)

  3.      Size (big, small, long, wide)

  4.      Age (old, new)

  5.      Shape (round, oval)

  6.      Color (blue, black)

  7.      Origin (Indonesian, Korean)

  8.      Material (wooden, golden)

 

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