Tagged: adjectives

Adjectives Worksheet For Class 5

Underline the adjective in the following sentences. Adjectives are describing words. They tell us more about nouns. 1. She was a clever, young woman. 2. The intelligent girl solved the puzzle in no time....

Predicative Position Of Adjectives

When adjectives go after be or other copular verbs, they are being used predicatively. Adjectives used in the predicative position describe the subject. He is clever. (Here the adjective clever goes after the verb...

Adjectives That Can Be Followed By Infinitives

Some adjectives are followed by infinitives whereas some are followed by ing forms. Some adjectives can be followed by either an infinitive or an ing form. Fill in the blanks with an infinitive or...

How To Know Whether A Word Is An Adjective

Adjectives usually go before nouns. They describe a quality of that noun. Or they may describe a number, quantity or amount. Humans have two hands and ten fingers. She wore a funny hat. She...

Distributive Adjectives

Each, every, either and neither are determiners. They are also called distributive adjectives. They are followed by singular nouns and singular verbs. Every guest has arrived. (NOT Every guests have arrived.) The hostess received...

Demonstrative Pronouns

Demonstrative pronouns direct attention to a specific person, place, or thing. There are only four demonstrative pronouns: this, that, these and those. When these words stand alone, they are pronouns. When they are used before an adjective, they...

Demonstrative Adjectives Worksheet

Demonstrative adjectives point out which person or thing we are talking about. There are mainly four of them – this, that, these and those. Use this and that with singular nouns. Use these and...

Degrees Of Comparison

English adjectives and adverbs commonly distinguish three degrees: the positive (the basic form), the comparative (expressing a higher degree than is present in something else) and the superlative (expressing a maximal degree). Comparative and superlative adjectives: formation The comparative is formed with –er or more; the superlative is...