Theme: The adjevtives,Types of adjectives,Substantivized adjectives By:Narzullayeva Iroda
Plan: 1.What is adjective and ways of making adjectives 2.Types of adjectives according to the function 3.Substantivized adjectives
Adjectives often came before nouns which they describe a beautiful princess a brave solder a large house But they also come after the noun which described ,later in the sentence and they called predicate. The bus is very crowded Honey is sweet Adjective An adjective is a part of speech that can be used to describe or provide more information about the noun or pronoun that acts as the subject in a sentence
Different ways of making adjective We can create adjectives from nouns,verbs ( compound adjectives ) and using suffixes and prefixes Compound adjectives : sugar-free (n + adj ) good -looking ( adj+n ) two-year-old child ( num+n ) fast growing ( adj +present participle) well-known ( adv +past participle)
-ful a forgetful man (dreamy) c olourful clothes Making adjective by prefixes and suffix es - less a meaningless word (trashy) a lawless tawn (unruly) In- Inconvenient time (annoying) Un- Unusual name (uncommon0
Descriptive adjectives provide more information about their physical appearance,size,shape,color and other attributes.It categorized into attributive and predicate adjectives. She wore costly golden earrings. Traveling by train is more relaxing.
6th Grade Definite Indefinite Definite Tells us concrete number eg .:Two cars Cardinal adjective eg : first job Ordinal adjective Describe the amount of the noun or pronoun Indefinite Tells us generally amount how much and how many All , few,any,little,much,most,several … Eg :He left the house few hours ago Adjective of quantity
Demonstrative adjective (this ,that ,these,those) used to point specific noun Interrogative adjective (Which ,what,whose) Eg: What did you do today Possessive adjective (my , your,her,his,their,our,its ) Shows ownership of a noun Eg:Where is your house? 6th Grade Eg : These errings are expensive
Comparative and Superlative adjective Comparative adjective is used to compare two things to make – er for short words and more for longer words cheap—cheaper More expensive After comparison we can use than It is cheaper to go by car than by train Superlative adjective is used to describe the highest degree of a quality among three or more items.It typically ends – est or formed by “ most ”.And we use the before superlative. This is the tallest building in the city. She is the most talented artist in the competition.
Substantivized adjectives and Participle Adjectives
It is important to undrstand that not all adjectives can be used as nouns. Substantivized adjectives – or adjectives used as nouns .It may indicate a class of persons in a general sense.And it used with articles
Among the various forms of adjectives ending – ed and- ing are particularly common.They are called participle adjectives. - ed,-en adjectives represent past ,including action and state.They often describe feeling or emotions expressed by a person. “ Participle Adjectives ” The instructions left him feeling confused She was bore with the boring lecture - ing adjectives represent present that describe an ongoing action or state The instructions were confusing for some participents