Friday, February 19, 2016

English Posters: Adjectives (Justice League)

ADJECTIVES- words that describe nouns or pronouns

EXAMPLES:
small   red   pretty   six   easy
NOT ADJECTIVES
boy  tree  school  they  sing   eat

KINDS OF ADJECTIVES
Descriptive Adjectives- describe quality (kind, size, shape, color)
Examples: thick, yellow, strong
Limiting Adjectives- tell which one,how many/much,and whose
Examples:one, third, this, a, my

Examples of Limiting Adjectives
a  an  the
this  that  those  these
ten  one  first  third
his  her  their  our  its  your  my
some few many several no any

Common suffixes for adjectives
-ous  dangerous, hazardous
-ful cheerful, beautiful, wondeful
-able/ible loveable, incredible
-y  rainy, salty, funny, easy
-ive  creative, expensive
-less  priceless, useless
-al      special, national






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