Adjectives Flashcards
What is an adjective?
A word that answers the following questions:
What kind?
How many?
Which one?
What is a proper adjective?
An adjective derived from a proper noun
What is a predicate adjective?
An adjective following a linking verb that modifies the subject
What is an article?
The words a, an, and the
What is a definite article?
a, an; describes a specific noun
What is an indefinite article?
the; describes a general noun
What is a demonstrative adjective?
that, this, those, these
What is an attributive adjective?
An adjective that comes before the noun it modifies without a linking verb
What is a possessive adjective?
An adjective that shows possession
What is an indefinite adjective?
An adjective used to describe a general noun
What is an interrogative adjective?
An adjective that is used to question someone; which, what, whose, how
What is a cardinal adjective?
Numbers - one, two, three, nineteen, two hundred sixty four
What is an ordinal adjective?
Numbers - first, second, third, nineteenth, two hundred sixty fourth
