Adjectives  Adjectives add description and other kinds of information to two other parts of speech.  Definition: An adjective is used to describe a noun or a pronoun.

Examples:  Serious judges  Sleek jets  Violet eyes,  Tall  Majestic oats

Assignment:  Exercise 1 on Pg (Even numbers only)

Articles  Three commonly used adjectives are called articles--- the, a, and an.  These three words are adjectives because they come before nouns and answer the question Which one?  Because of the way it modifies nouns, the is called the definite article.

Articles  The, the definite articles, refer to a specific person, place, or thing.  Examples: The court The attorney The broken law  A or an, the indefinite articles, refer to any one of a class of people, places, or things.  Examples: A court An attorney A broken law

A or An??  A is used before consonant sounds.  An is used before vowel sounds.  Hint the letter “H” a consonant, may be sounds like either a consonant or a vowel. O and u are vowels, but they may sometimes sound like consonants.

Assignment  Exercise 2 on Pg. 350

Nouns are sometimes used as adjectives. When a noun is used as an adjective, it comes before another noun and answer the questions What kind? or which one?

Nouns used as Adjectives  Nouns: court, morning  Adjectives: a court date, a morning appointment

Assignment: Pg. 351 Exercise 3. (Odd Numbers ONLY)

Proper Adjective  A proper adjective can be a proper noun used as an adjective.  A proper adjective can also be a an adjective formed from a proper noun.

Proper Nouns Used as Proper Adjectives  Arizona  Tuesday  Churchill  Arizona desert (What kind of desert?)  Tuesday morning (Which morning)  Churchill memorial (Which memorial?)

 Proper Nouns Elizabethan Boston  Proper Adjectives Formed from Proper Nouns Elizabethan literature (What kind of literature) Bostonian architecture (What kind of architecture?)

Assignment: Pg. 352 Exercise 4.

Pronouns Used as Adjectives  Pronouns, like nouns, can sometimes be used as adjectives.  A pronoun is used as an adjective if it modifies a noun.  Four kinds of adjectives are sometimes used as adjectives. They are: Personal pronouns Demonstrative pronouns Interrogative pronouns Indefinite pronouns

Possessive Adjectives  Examples: my, your, his, her, its, our, and their  Because they have antecedents, they are considered to be pronouns.  They are also adjectives, because they answer the question which one?

Assignment: Pg. 355 Exercise 7.

Demonstrative Adjectives  The four demonstrative pronouns-this, that these, and those– can be used as demonstrative adjectives.  Pronoun: I saw this.  I’ll vote on this issue.

Interrogative Adjectives  The three interrogative pronouns– which, what, and whose– can be used as interrogative adjectives.  Pronoun: What did he want?  Adjective: What sentence did he give?

Indefinite Adjectives  A number of indefinite pronouns-- both, few, many, each, most, and all, among others– can also be used as indefinite adjectives.  Pronoun: I bought one of each.  Adjective: Each judge writes an opinion.

Assignment Pages , Exercises 8-10.