Adjective is a word which modifies a noun or pronoun (called the adjective’s subject) by describing, identifying or quantifying are attributive when they premodify nouns: appear between the determiner and the head of noun is a word which modifies a noun or pronoun (called the adjective’s subject) by describing, identifying or quantifying words. | Adjectives, the adjective phrase and adverbs Presented by “HORIZON” group Group members Nguyen Huyen Linh Tran Thi Thuy Trinh Nguyen Thi Thu Trang Tran Bao Ngoc The first presenter Nguyen Huyen Linh Adjectives CONTENT D B C A Adjectives Adjective phrase& adjectival complementation Adverbs Comparison of adjectives and adverbs content Adjectives 1. Definition and classification of adjectives 2. Functions of adjectives 1a. Definition of adjective: Adjective is a word which modifies a noun or pronoun (called the adjective’s subject) by describing, identifying or quantifying words. Every adjective answers one of 3 questions: adjective Which one is it? What kind is it? How many are there? Three questions 1. Which one is it? (Describing) Eg: The students who have not prepared for English class sit out an hour in the cafeteria Which students? Not good students but lazy slackers 2. What kind is it? (Identifying) Eg: I like green tea What kind of tea do you like? 3. How many are there? Eg: | Adjectives, the adjective phrase and adverbs Presented by “HORIZON” group Group members Nguyen Huyen Linh Tran Thi Thuy Trinh Nguyen Thi Thu Trang Tran Bao Ngoc The first presenter Nguyen Huyen Linh Adjectives CONTENT D B C A Adjectives Adjective phrase& adjectival complementation Adverbs Comparison of adjectives and adverbs content Adjectives 1. Definition and classification of adjectives 2. Functions of adjectives 1a. Definition of adjective: Adjective is a word which modifies a noun or pronoun (called the adjective’s subject) by describing, identifying or quantifying words. Every adjective answers one of 3 questions: adjective Which one is it? What kind is it? How many are there? Three questions 1. Which one is it? (Describing) Eg: The students who have not prepared for English class sit out an hour in the cafeteria Which students? Not good students but lazy slackers 2. What kind is it? (Identifying) Eg: I like green tea What kind of tea do you like? 3. How many are there? Eg: There are 48 students in our class. How many students are there in your class? of adjectives Their structure 2 kinds: . Adjectives that are the roots Eg: good, fat, little, young, hot .Adjectives formed by some suffixes: Eg: Adj =N+ “ ous”: humor - humorous “ful” : beauty - beautiful V+ “ive” : act - active “able”: read - readable .Notes: “-ing”: property of something (Eg: This book is so interesting) “-ed”: someone’s feeling or opinion (Eg: I found it interested when going out with him) Their meaning 2 kinds Descriptive adjectives Size: small, big, medium Property: fat, good, bad Color: red, blue, green, black Limiting adjectives Limiting adjectives Quantity: many, some, any, (a) few, (a) little Possessive: my, your, their, his, her, its Indicative: that, this, those Order: 1st, 2nd 20th “Article: a, an, the is considering as an adjective” Limiting adjectives B E C D A Quantity Possessive Indicative Article Order ) Syntactic functions of adjectives Nguyen .
