Tienen la funcion de calificar al sustantivo, aportan mas información y descripción sobre el mismo.
British English
Fat
Short
Good
Long
Cold
American English
Fat
Short
Good
Long
Cold
Examples
The cat is too fat.
That is not a good idea.I live in a big house.
Where is my green book?
It is cold today.Indican la proximidad de la persona con quien o de quien se habla, determinan la ubicación que tiene el sustantivo con respecto a los elementos con que se vincula en la oración.
British English
This
That
These
Those
American English
This
That
These
Those
Examples
This car is powerful.
Those apples look delicious.
That cat is going to jump!
These pencils are mine.
These drawings are perfect.
I like those jeans.
Expresan cantidad de modo impreciso, también califican al sustantivo de manera imprecisa.
British English
Some
Any
Little
Few
Enough
Many
Much
American English
Some
Any
Little
Few
Enough
Many
Much
Examples
I do not have enough money.
I want some biscuits, please.
There is not much time.
How many bottles are there?
I need a little change.
Modifican el Sustantivo en las oraciones interrogativas.
British English
What?
Which?
Whose?
American English
What?
Which?
Whose?
Examples
What book are you reading?
Which team won the match?
Whose car was that?
Which fruit do you prefer?
What dress would you wear?
Establecen una relación de posesión o pertenencia respecto al sustantivo.
British English
My
Your
His
Her
Its
Our
Their
American English
My
Your
His
Her
Its
Our
Their
Examples
This is my car.
The dog is eating its bone. They are our new friends. She lost her bag. Tom closed his shop.Complementan al sustantivo, expresan una cantidad o numero de cosas.
British English
Five
Ten
First
Second
One
American English
Five
Ten
First
Second
One
Examples
It is on the second floor.
I need one pencil.
There are five flowers.
Do you have ten minutes?
This is her first job.
NO GENRE
- Good.
- Fat.
- Pretty.
- Fast.
- Cold.
Para identificar el género del adjetivo, por lo general se tiene en cuenta el sustantivo al que acompaña.
Examples
She is a pretty girl.
This is a fast car.
This coffee is cold.
This dog is fat.
My book is good.
NO PLURAL
Excepto los Cuantitativos y Demostrativos que utilizan distintas formas para Singular y Plural.
Examples
This flower.
These flowers.
Much milk.
Many biscuits.
LOCATION
Before The Noun
Por lo general, los Adjetivos se escriben antes del Sustantivo.
The tall boy
The (artículo) tall (adjetivo) boy (sustantivo).
Examples
The tall boy.
My little dog.
The red bike.
I bought a pink dress.
She made a delicious cake.
RULE
Cuando depende del verbo, se escribe después de este.
She looks Beatiful.
Andrew is Intelligent.
He feels Bad.
It smells Good.
They are Blue.
Se pueden usar varios adjetivos juntos, existe un orden establecido que se debe respetar cuando los aplicamos en una misma oración...
ORDER |
TYPE |
EXAMPLE |
1° |
Opinion |
Expensive |
2° |
Size |
Big |
3° |
Shape |
Round |
4° |
State |
Dirty |
5° |
Age |
Old |
6° |
Color |
Brown |
7° |
Origin |
Irish |
8° |
Material |
Wooden |
9° |
Noun |
Table |
No es necesario usar todos los adjetivos a la vez, por lo general no se utilizan mas de tres en una misma oración para describir un sustantivo.
- A small pink bike.
- An awful new cotton hat.
- This is an enormous broken old american car.
1 Generally, to describe a noun, we don't use more than 2 or 3 Adjectives.
2 There is not an established order to be respected when we use many Adjectives in a sentence.
3 When the Adjective depends on the verb, it is written…
4 Which of the following is an Interrogative Adjective?
5 "First" and "Ten" are examples of Quantitative Adjectives
6 "That" and "Those" are considered Quantitative Adjectives.
7 The Numerical Adjectives are used to talk about amounts.
8 The Adjectives have no gender.
9 The Demonstrative Adjectives have different form in Singular and Plural.
10 Generally, the Adjectives are written after the Noun.
11 There is an order to be followed when we use more than one Adjective in a sentence.
12 To identify the gender of the Adjective, we generally take into account the Noun next to it.
13 Which of the following sentences is written correctly?
14 _____ flowers are pink.
15 The Interrogative Adjectives are used…
