Trabajo Adjetives

TYPE OF ADJECTIVES

OSCAR JURADO

NATALY SILVA ESTRADA

TRABAJO ESCRITO

Profesor:

EDUARDO BERNETT

ESUMER

INSTITUCIÓN UNIVERSITARIA

TECNOLOGÌA EN ADMINISTRACIÓN Y FINANZASSEMESTRE V

INGLES 4

APARTADÓ

2009

INTRODUCCIÓN

SOLUCIÓN TRABAJO

WHAT ARE ADJECTIVES?

An adjective is a word that modifies a noun or a pronoun by describing it or making it morespecific. For example, with the addition of adjectives, the noun “man” becomes “the tall, handsome man” or “the short, homely man.”

Adjectives describe nouns. They are always singular (even if the nounis plural). You can use several adjectives before a noun, or you can use the adjective on its own in a phrase. Verbs and nouns can be used as adjectives.

the comparative is the form of an adjectiveor adverb which denotes the degree or grade by which a person, thing, or other entity has a property or quality greater or less in extent than that of another, and is used in this context with asubordinating conjunction, such as than, as...as, etc. If three or more items are being compared, the corresponding superlative needs to be used instead.

ADJECTIVES SUPERLATIVE

the superlative of anadjective which indicates that something has some feature to a greater degree than anything it is being compared to in a given context.

For example, if AJ is 45, Deniz is 35, and Jeff is 25, AJ isthe oldest of the three, because his age transcends those of Deniz and Jeff in one direction, while Jeff is the youngest, because his age transcends those of AJ and Deniz in the other direction. IfDavid, who is 60, and Vincent, who is 20, join the group, David now becomes the oldest and Vincent the youngest.

DEMOSTRATIVE ADJECTIVES

A demonstrative adjective is a word that demonstrates theproximity or distance of the noun it modifies. This (singular) and these (plural) are used to indicate that the noun being modified is here. To indicate something is farther away— there—the...