Adjectives

Question 1

Definition

Answer 1

A word which is used to modify or provide more information about a noun or pronoun

Question 2

Descriptive (qualitative) adjectives

Answer 2

Adjectives which describe a feature or quality of a person, thing or object

Question 3

Evaluative adjectives

Answer 3

Adjectives which gives someone’s opinion about a noun

Question 4

Quantitative adjectives

Answer 4

Words which provide information on the quantity of the noun

Question 5

Interrogative adjectives

Answer 5

Adjectives which ask a question: whose, which and what. They must come before a noun or pronoun

Question 6

Proper adjectives

Answer 6

Words which are proper nouns which work as an adjective in the sentence

Question 7

Demonstrative adjectives

Answer 7

Adjectives which modify nouns by showing direct reference to someone or something: this, that, those, and these

Question 8

Indefinite adjectives

Answer 8

Adjectives which modify the noun in a non-specific way: some, any, many, few, most, and much

Question 9

Possessive adjectives

Answer 9

Adjectives which are used to show a noun belongs to someone: his, hers, our, my, their.
They must go before a noun otherwise they are considered possessive pronouns

Question 10

Compound adjectives

Answer 10

When more than one word is used to describe a noun, with the words being joined together in some way

Question 11

Degree of comparison adjectives (positive, comparative and superlative)

Answer 11

Adjectives which are used when comparing two or more nouns to give more information about the extent of each comparison

Question 12

Predicate Adjectives

Answer 12

Adjectives that modify or describe the subject of a sentence or clause and are linked to the subject by a linking verb.

Question 13

Distributive adjective

Answer 13

A distributive adjective is an adjective that refers to members of a group individually