Adjectives

Question 1

Common suffixes of Adjectives

Answer 1

• -ly, -ous, -able, -ful, -ible

Question 2

Characteristics of Adjectives

Answer 2

• Don’t inflect for N° or gender
• Preceded by Adverbs
• Followed by ‘to’ inf. Clause
• Followed by PP’s
• Followed by ‘that’ Noun clauses

Question 3

Staking Adjectives

Answer 3

• Central Adj.: can be used in attributive & predicative position.

• Peripheral Adj.: can be used only in one of these positions.

Question 4

Order of staking and which type goes in each group:

Answer 4

• Pre-central: peripheral adj.
• Central: central adj. and gradable adj.
• Post-central: participials and colours
• Pre-head: nominal adj. and nationalities
- Noun

Question 5

Attributive only adjectives
(Article/possessive prn. + ______ + N)

Answer 5

• Adj. of Degree (absolute, sheer, total, utter)
• Quantifying Adj. (entire, occasional, only)
• Adj. of Time & Location (future, previous, left, northern)
• Associative adj. (economic, moral, public)
  Some Adj. Compounds (big-name, best-selling)

Question 6

Predicative only adjectives
(N + ‘be/look/seem’ +____)

Answer 6

• Verb + “a-“ (asleep, awake)
• Adj. + Inf./PPs (devoid, liable)
• Adj. describing medical conditions/health (faint, ill)