Adjectives

Question 1

What are adjectives?

Answer 1

Adjectives are words that describe or modify another person or thing in the sentence.

Question 2

What do you call a group of words that contain a subject and a verb that acts as an adjective

Answer 2

An adjective clause

Question 3

What do you call an adjective clause when it’s stripped of it’s subject and verb?

Answer 3

An adjective phrase

Question 4

What is a participle?

Answer 4

A verb acting as an adjective

Question 5

Where do adjectives most commonly appear in a sentence?

Answer 5

Before the noun or noun phrase they modify

Question 6

When an adjective modifies an indefinite pronoun, does it come before or after the pronoun

Answer 6

When indefinite pronouns — such as something, someone, anybody — are modified by an adjective, the adjective comes after the pronoun

Question 7

What are the three degrees of adjectives?

Answer 7

Postive, Comparative, Superlative

Question 8

What are the two suffixes used to create comparitives and superlatives of two syllable adjectives ending in y

Answer 8

-ier and -iest

Question 9

What are the degrees used for adjectives that are more than one syllable and do not end in y

Answer 9

More and Most

Question 10

Do not form comparatives or superlatives of adjectives that express an extreme of what?

Answer 10

An extreme of comparison, such as unique.

Question 11

Do not use more with comparitive adjectives formed with?

Answer 11

-er. Do not say “more happier”

Question 12

Do not use most with superlative adjectives formed with?

Answer 12

-est. Do not say “most happiest”

Question 13

The as_as construction is used to express what?

Answer 13

Equality. “I am as cool as him.”

Question 14

Adjectives in their comparitive and superlative forms can be accompanied by what 3 things to intensify or downplay the degree

Answer 14

Pre modifiers, single words, and phrases.

“We were a lot more careful this time.”

“The weather this week has been somewhat better.”

Question 15

If the intensifier very accompanies a superlative, what is also required?

Answer 15

A determiner is required

“She is wearing her very finest outfit for the interview.”

Question 16

When we are talking about countable things, what word do we use?

Answer 16

Fewer. “We have fewer bars of soap now than we had last week.”

Question 17

When we are talking about measurable quantities that we cannot count, what word do we use?

Answer 17

Less. “We have less time to complete the task than we first thought.”

Question 18

We usually use fewer for countable things and less for measurable quantities that we cannot count. What do we use for numerical and statistical expressions?

Answer 18

Less. “We have less than twenty miles to home.”

Question 19

When making a comparison with “than” do we end with a subject form or object form? “taller than I/she” or “taller than me/her.”

Answer 19

We use subject form. “taller than I/she.”

Question 20

When adjectives are in a series, with 8 categories, they are put in order according to The Royal Order of Adjectives. What are the first four?

Answer 20

1. Determiners
2. Observation
3. Size & Shape
4. Age

Question 21

When adjectives are in a series, with 8 categories, they are put in order according to The Royal Order of Adjectives. What are the last four?

Answer 21

5. Color
6. Origin
7. Material
8. Qualifier

Question 22

When you use adjectives of the same class in a series, what are they called?

Answer 22

Coordinating adjectives. And you will want to put a comma between them. “The inexpensive, comfortable shoes.”

Question 23

If you could have inserted a conjunction such as but or and inbetween two adjectives of the same class in a series, what should you put there instead.

Answer 23

A comma. “The inexpensive but comfortable shoes” < “The inexpensive, comfortable shoes.”

Question 24

If an adjective owes it’s origins to a proper noun, it should be what?

Answer 24

Capitalized. “A Christian rock-band.”

Question 25

When the definite article, the, is combined with an adjective describing a class or group of people, it becomes what?

Answer 25

A noun. “The rich, the poor, the misinformed.”

Question 26

What is the difference between a collective noun and a collective adjective.

Answer 26

Collective adjectives are always plural and require plural verbs

Collective Noun: “The Class is excited.”
Collective Adjective: “The Young are in need of help

Question 27

There are 3 ways to form the opposite of an adjective. The first two are antonyms (the opposite of that adjective, such as beatiful vs ugly), and the second is to use a number of prefixes (such as prudent vs imprudent). What is the third?

Answer 27

Combining it with less or least to create a meaning that goes in the opposite direction. “This is less of a problem than I thought it would be.” “This is the least impressive performance I’d ever seen.”

Question 28

Use the comparitive less when the comparison is between what?
Use the superlative least when the comparison is between what?

Answer 28

Less is between 2 people or things: “I am less of a fighter compared to my brother.” Least is between 3 or more people or things: “Out of all of these cars, this has to be the least impressive one.”

Question 29

Between good and well, which do you use when describing the 5 human senses?

Answer 29

Good. “I can see good.” “I can taste pretty good.”

Question 30

A-adjectives most commonly show up as what?

Answer 30

Predicate adjectives; they appear after a linking verb.