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Tuesday 19 September 2017

ADJECTIVES



ADJECTIVES 

adjectives

1.      Proper Adjective
·         An Indonesian pilgrim
·         The English language
·         The Turkish Empire
·         The Indian Plains
·         The Javanese cuisine
·         The Jewish religion

a.       Addition –n

Noun
Adjective
Austria
Austrian
Australia
Australian
Indonesia
Indonesian
Russia
Russian
Korea
Korean
America
American
Africa
African

b.      Addition –an

Noun
Adjective
Europe
European
Fiji
Fijian
Troy
Troyan
Elizabeth
Elizabethan

c.       Addition –ian

Noun
Adjective
Christ
Christian
Mongol
Mongolian
Brazil
Brazilian
Paris
Parisian

d.      Omission –es or –y and addition –ian

Noun
Adjective
Shakespeare
Shakespearean
Aristotle
Aristotelian
Italy
Italian
Hungary
Hungarian

2.      Descriptive Adjectives
·         A brave girl
·         A beautiful women
·         A sick dog
·         A black horse
·         A new book
·         An industrious student
·         A round table
·         A careful workman
·         A tame cat
·         A wild animal

3.      Quantitative Adjectives
·         She eat much bread
·         She eat little bread
·         She eat some bread
·         She didn’t eat any bread
·         She eat enough bread
·         She eat sufficient bread
·         She eat the whole bread
·         A half holiday is better than none

4.      Numeral Adjectives
a.       Definite Numerals
1.      Cardinals
·         One
·         Two
·         Three
·         Four
·         Fine
·         Ten
·         Hundred

2.      Ordinals
·         First
·         Second
·         Third
·         Fourth
·         Fifth
·         Sixth
·         Tenth
·         Hundredth

3.      Multiplicative
·         One only, single
·         Twofold, double, duple
·         Threefold, treble, triple
·         Fourfold, quadruple
·         Five-fold, quintuple
·         Sixfold, sextuplet
·         Seven-fold, septuple
·         Eight-fold, octouple
·         Nine-fold , nonuple
·         Tenfold, decuple
·         Hundredfold, centuple

b.      Indefinite Numerals
·         All men are mortal
·         Some men die young
·         Fifteen men will be enough
·         No men were present
·         Many men are poor
·         Few men are rich
·         Several men came
·         Sundry men went away 

5. Demonstrative Adjectives

Definite
Single
Plural
Examples
The
The
The cat is eating
This
These
This is my pen
These eyes saw the dead
That
Those
Look at that dog across the street
Those birds are flying
Yon, yonder
Yon, yonder
*poetry
Such
Such
Such cuisine as we get here doesn’t suit me
The same
The same
You told her to come here as soon as possible, and I gave her the same answer
Self-same
Self-same
You ordered her to come here quickly and I gave her the self-same answer
The other
The other
Two women shall be grinding at the mill, the one shall be taken and the other left.


Indefinite
Single
Plural
Examples
A, an
-
A girl should be strong
An apple is sweet
One
Any
She came one day to see me
Any book will do
Any
Any
You may take any books that you like
A certain
Certain
You look certain to win this competition
Such
Such
You are such a kind man
Some
Some
Some man called here this morning
Another
Other
I have read another book
I have read other book
Any other
Any other
I haveb’t seen any other man today

6.Distributive Adjectives
a.       Each
·         The two students had each a pen
·         The two men had each a gun

b.      Every
·         Every man (out of the fifteen present) had a gun
·         I fell hungry every five hours
·         She was attacked with fever every two days

c.       Either
·         You can take either side, that is one side or the other
·         The river overflowed on either side, that is on both sides

d.      Neither
·         You should take neither side, that is neither this side nor that neither the one side nor the other

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