GRADE

Teaching Assessment of Grammar

ADJECTIVES

First Semester

2020-2021

Prepared by: Wenie Rose B. Tangmuan

BSED-ENGLISH 2B

Objectives:

Upon completion of this lesson, students will be able to: 

At the end of the lesson the students should be able to: 

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 1. Define an adjective
2. Enumerate the types of adjectives
3. Use adjectives in a sentence

Introduction

There are varied types of adjectives in teaching grammar and as a part of speech, as we go on with our lesson we
will know what are those, and how can we use them in a sentence or when forming a sentence. But before jumping into
the discussion try to answer this activity first.

ACTIVIT
Y

Direction: Answer the following and give what is ask.

1. Choose the superlative adjective in each sentences:

A. I like dark coffee.

B. This is the fastest car I’ve ever driven.
C. I’d like darker curtains.
D. This is good ice cream.
E. Meet Sue, my younger sister.

F. Of all the options available, this seems to be the best one.

G. This is a better play than the last one.
H. The box was blue, and oddly shaped.
I. This is the most exciting thing I’ve ever experienced!

2. Choose the comparative adjective in each sentences:

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A. This list is longer than the last one.
B. This is probably the longest one I’ve ever seen.
C. This is a long list.
D. Stop acting so weird.
E. You’re acting weirder than ever.
F. You’re the weirdest person in this class.
G. This is the chocolatiest cake I’ve ever tasted.
H. Have some chocolate cake.
I. Do you think this cake tastes chocolatier than the last one?

3. Fill in the blanks with the best compound adjective for the situation.

A. With ______________ temperatures, this is the coldest winter on record.

o below zero
o below-zero
o freezing
B. Jeremy gave Linda a _____________________ engagement ring.
o gorgeous diamond
o gorgeous-diamond
o big
C. We’re celebrating with a __________________ bottle of champagne.
o Costly
o ten-year-old
o 10 year old

4. For each of the following sentences, choose the correct order of adjectives 

to fill in the blank.

A.His grandfather lives in the ________________________ house down the street.

a. big old yellow

b. yellow old big
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 c. old big yellow

B.The shop offers all kinds of _____________________ objects.

a.interesting old antique

b. old antique interesting

c. old interesting antique

C.We went for a long walk on a __________________________ trail.

a. new 5-mile
b.New, beautiful 5-mile
c.5-mile new, beautiful

5. Some compound adjective contain hyphens. Which of the following sentences is correct?

A. He’s a decent-judge of character.

B. She submitted a 190-page document supporting her position.
C. We’re adopting a two year old parakeet.

ANALYSIS

1. How do you find the activity?

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 2. Did your prior knowledge about the adjectives able to help you in identifying what type of

adjectives is suited for every question?

ABSTRACTIO
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What is an Adjective?

An adjective is a word which describes the quality of the noun/ pronoun in the sentence. The
adjective may be used either attributively, i.e., along with the noun or predicatively, as part of the
predicate of the sentence. Adjectives answer the following questions: What kind? How many? or Which ones?
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 Examples:

Tom bought a used car. (used describes what kind of car Tom bought.)

Sally baked ten pies for the school bake sale. (ten tells how many pies Sally baked.)

Bob climbed that tree in the backyard. (that specifies which tree Bob climbed.)

Adjectives take many forms. Some common adjectives are formed when we add a suffix to a
noun or verb. For example, when we add the suffix -ful to the noun beauty, makes the adjective
beautiful, and adding the suffix -able to the verb read makes the adjective readable. Other suffixes often
used to create adjectives include -al, -ary, -able and –ible, –ish, -ic, -ical, -less, -like, -ous, -some, and
-y. Some adjectives take the form of participles (verbs ending in -ed or -ing), and many others are not
formed from nouns or verbs but are original in themselves—for example, close, deep, slow.

Types of ADJECTIVES
1. Comparative adjectives
A comparative adjective is an adjective used to compare two people or things.
Some examples of comparative adjectives include words such as smaller, faster, more expensive, and  less
reasonable. We use comparative adjectives to say that one person or thing demonstrates a high degree of a
quality or is a better example of a quality than the other.

Examples:
1. Whales are larger animals than dolphins.
2. We moved to a cheaper apartment.
3. The sequel was even more incredible than the first movie.

COMPARATIVE6
ADJECTIVES
 long-longer tall-taller
One-syllable
adjectives straight-straighter large-larger
big-bigger hot-hotter

honest-more honest famous-more famous

Two-syllable
adjectives
happy-happier crazy-crazier

Three or more- expensive-more expensive dangerous-more dangerous

syllable popular-more popular beautiful-more beautiful
adjectives
confident-more confident difficult-more difficult

good-better many-more
Irregular
adjectives bad-worse little-less
far-farther far-further

2. Superlative adjectives

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  A superlative adjective is an adjective used in comparisons to describe something as being of the
highest degree or extreme. We use superlative adjectives when making comparisons of three or more people
or things. The words biggest and fastest are examples of superlative adjectives.

Examples:
1. Adrian is the fastest member of our team.
2. Out of all of my books, this one is the oldest.
3. We are trying to figure out the least confusing way to explain the lesson to the new students.

SUPERLATIVE
ADJECTIVES
long-longest tall-tallest
One-syllable
straight-straightest large-largest
adjectives
big-biggest hot-hottest

honest-most honest famous-most famous

Two-syllable
happy-happiest crazy-craziest
adjectives
narrow-narrowest gentle-gentlest

Two or more expensive-most expensive dangerous-most dangerous

syllable popular-most popular beautiful-most beautiful
adjectives
confident-most confident difficult-most difficult

good-better 8 many-more
Irregular
bad-worse little-less
adjectives
3. Predicate adjectives
Predicate adjectives are adjectives that appear in the predicate of a
sentence as a subject complement rather than directly next to the nouns or pronouns
that they modify. Predicate adjectives follow linking verbs in sentences and clauses.

The most common sentence structure using this type of adjective is:
SUBJECT + LINKING VERB + PREDICATE ADJECTIVES

Examples:
1.Andrea is tall.
2.Freddy became angry.
3.The steak looks delicious.
4. Compound adjectives
Compound adjectives are adjectives that is formed when two or more adjectives work together to
modify the same noun. These terms should be hyphenated to avoid confusion or ambiguity. Some examples of
compound adjectives include never-ending, cross-eyed, and run-of-the-mill.
Examples:
1.She had enough of the double-dealing salesman.
2.My happy-go-lucky daughter loved our trip to Disneyland.
3.The better-off members of the city live by the river.
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5. Possessive adjectives
Possessive adjectives are often used to express possession or ownership.
This adjective is used before a noun to denote who owns that noun. You can also it before a pronoun in some
sentences, though they usually precede a noun. The most commonly used possessive adjectives
are my, your, its, her, his, our, their, and whose.

Examples:
1.My favorite food is pizza.
2.Sydney spent the day with her parents.
3.Canadians celebrated their team’s victory at the Olympics.
6. Demonstrative adjectives
Demonstrative adjectives are special adjectives or determiners used to identify or express the relative
position of a noun in time or space. A demonstrative adjective comes before all other adjectives in the noun
phrase. Some common demonstrative adjectives are this, that, these, and those.

Examples:
1.This watch is cheaper than that one.
2.This weekend is going to be really fun.
3.Watch out for those prickly rose bushes next to you.
7. Proper adjectives
Proper adjectives are adjectives formed from proper nouns. In general, proper adjectives are commonly
used to say that something is related to a specific person or place. Proper adjectives include words such
as African, Napoleonic, and Shakespearian.

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 Examples:
1.He was reading a Russian newspaper.
2.I think Haitian food is tasty.
3.We studied the history of Victorian England in school today.
9. Participial adjectives
Participial adjectives are adjectives that are based on participles, which are words that usually end in -
ed or -ing and derive from verbs. Participial adjectives include words like amazing, impressed, and fascinating.

Examples:
1.Travis was late for his swimming lessons.
2.Please hand me my reading glasses.
3.The silly clown cheered up the bored children.
10. Limiting adjectives
Limiting adjectives are adjectives that restrict a noun or pronoun rather than describe any of its
characteristics or qualities. Limiting adjectives overlap with other types of adjectives such as demonstrative
adjectives and possessive adjectives. Limiting adjectives include words such as these, your, and some.

Examples:
1.I bought some eggs at the store.
2.She found three pennies under the couch cushions.
3.Take a look at that house over there.

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11. Descriptive adjectives
Descriptive adjectives are adjectives that describe the characteristics, traits, or qualities of a noun or
pronoun. Most adjectives are descriptive adjectives. Words such as purple, friendly, and attractive are examples
of descriptive adjectives.

Examples:
1.A lot of interesting people visit this park.
2.She told a scary story.
3.The leaves turned orange and red.
12. Interrogative adjectives
Interrogative adjectives are adjectives that are used to ask questions. The interrogative adjectives
are what, which, and whose.

Examples:
1.What color is your favorite?
2.Which button turns off the lights?
3.Whose turn is it to wash the cat?
13. Attributive adjectives
Attributive adjectives are adjectives that are directly next to the noun and pronoun that they modify.
Usually, attributive adjectives come directly before nouns and pronouns but they modify. But they can
sometimes appear after them.

Examples:
1.She has beautiful handwriting.
2.The hungry gorilla ate the fresh mangoes.
3.Keith gave his dad something special for his birthday.

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14. Distributive adjectives
A distributive adjective is a describing word that refers to separate things. Distributive adjectives
such as, “each,” “every,” “either,” “neither,” and “any,” are describing words that refer to specific things out of
a group
Examples:
1.Each puppy got their own little doghouse.
2.Every member of the team scored a goal.
3.I’ll be happy if either candidate wins the election.

APPLICATION 13
 TASK 1. ERROR RECOGNITION

Directions: In the following sentences some parts have been underlined and labelled A, B, C and D.
Identify the part that contains an error. If there is no error in any part of the sentence, mark your answer as
E.

1. (A) Madhu is (B) comparatively (C) weaker (D) in English. (E) No error.

2. (A) You are (B) the richest (C) of all (D) other friends. (E) No error.
3. (A) She is (B) the most charming (C) of all (D) other girls. (E) No error
4. (A) Raj is (B) better than (C) any player in(D) the team. (E) No error.
5. (A) You (B) are the (C) most (D) smartest boy. (E) No error.
6. (A) Radha (B) is (C) the most (D) happiest girl. (E) No error.
7. (A) She is (B) more intelligent (C) among her (D) class-fellows. (E) No error.
8. (A) Amitabh is (B) more famous (C) than any actor (D) of Hindi films. (E) No error
9. (A) You (B) are (C) hard-working (D) than she. (E) No error.
10. (A) Mohan is (B) taller (C)among (D)the four brothers. No error. (e)
11. (A) I (B) am (C) clever (D) than he. (E) No error.
12. (A) He (B) is more (C) happier (D) than I. (E) No error.
13. (A) Your cap (B) is (C) inferior (D)than hers. No error (e)
14. (A) She met (B) me (C) prior from (D) her departure. (E) No error.
15. (A) I am (B) more (C) cleverer (D) than you. (E) No error.

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pdf

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