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Adjective Unit
Study Set
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| adjective | A word that describes persons, places, or things |
| In a sentence, an adjective usually comes... | just before the noun it modifies |
| predicate adjective | when the noun is the subject followed by a linking verb, its adjective follows the linking verb as part of the predicate |
| a, an, the | Adjectives that are articles... |
| "The" describes | one specific item or items. |
| "A" and "an" refer to | any one item of a group. |
| a consonant sound | Use "a" before words that begin with... |
| a vowel sound | Use "an" before words that begin with |
| Demonstrative adjectives | adjectives used to point out something: this, that, these, and those (Remember, if the demonstrative word DOES NOT have a noun after it, it is a pronoun, not an adjective) |
| "This" and "these" refer to things that are | close |
| "That" and "those" refer to things that are | at a distance |
| Comparative Adjectives | compares two things or people |
| Comparative Adjectives - one syllable | add 'er (older) |
| Comparative Adjectives - more than one syllable | use 'more' in front of the adjective (more beautiful) |
| Superlative Adjective - one syllable | add 'est (oldest) |
| Superlative Adjective - more than one syllable | use 'most' in front of the adjective (most beautiful) |
| Special Adjectives that compare | good, better, best |
| Special Adjectives that compare | bad, worse, worst |
| Special Adjectives that compare | much/many, more, most |
| Special Adjectives that compare | little (amount), less, least |