1. ADJECTIVES Review

2. An adjective describes a noun or a pronoun.
Adjectives
An adjective describes a noun or a pronoun.
An adjective answers:
What kind?
Which one?
How many?
Example:
happy dog
tired boy
seven girls

3. Here are some additional tips …
Adjectives typically come BEFORE the noun they describe.
However, at other times, adjectives follow the nouns they describe.
E.X. Children, cheerful and noisy, called to us.
A predicate adjective follows a linking verb.
It describes the subject of a sentence.
E.X. I was anxious to get home.

4. Here are some more additional tips …
An adjective may be more than one word.
When it comes before a noun, it is usually hyphenated.
E.X. Part-time, three-sided
Possessive Personal Pronouns
They are considered ADJECTIVES because they describe nouns
My, mine, your, yours, his, her, hers, its = SINGULAR
Our, ours, your, yours, their, theirs = PLURAL

5. Here are some more additional tips …
Words like many, this, and her can either be pronouns or adjectives. Words used as other parts of speech can be adjectives too.
Must ask yourself if it tells which, what kind, or how many to determine if it’s an adj.
Proper Adjectives
They are formed from proper nouns.
They are CAPITALIZED.
E.X. French, Italian, Cuban

6. Articles are Adjectives …
The words a, an, and the are special adjectives. They are called ARTICLES.
An article can come before a noun or before another adjective.
Indefinite Article
Refers to one of a general group
A and an are indefinite articles
Definite Article
Refers to someone or something specifically
The is a definite article

7. Demonstrative Adjectives …
This and These
Point out people, places & things nearby
This = singular
These = plural
That and Those
Point out people, places & things far away
That = singular
Those = plural
The words this, these, that, and those are DEMONSTRATIVE ADJECTIVES.
They tell which one and point out a specific person, place, or thing.