Unit 5 English Quiz Study Guide

 

 

  1. Adjective-describes or modify a noun or pronoun.
  2. Modify means to tell more about.
  3. Common adjectives describe nouns in a general way. They tell just about anything size, shape, number, color, design, character, etc.  (Ex. big, green, spotted, round, friendly, twelve)
  4. Proper adjectives are formed from proper nouns.  They are always capitalized.  (Ex. American, Chinese, Victorian,)
  5. Articles are special adjectives that describe nouns or pronouns. They are A, AN, THE.
  6. Use A before a word that begins with a consonant.
  7. Use AN before a word that begins with a vowel.
  8. A predicate adjective describes the subject of the sentence and follows a linking verb.
  9. Adjectives answer one of three questions:
    1. What kind?
    2. How many?
    3. Which one(s)?
  10. Demonstrative adjectives go with nouns and answer the question WHICH ONE?
  11. Demonstrative adjectives are: that, these, this, those
  12. Three ways to use adjectives to compare:
    1. POSITIVE describes one thing. (Ex. Kyle is short.)
    2. COMPARATIVE compares two things. Use the –er form of the adjective. (Ex. Kyle’s sister is shorter.)
    3. SUPERLATIVE compares three or more things. Use the –est form of the adjective. (Ex. Kyle’s brother is shortest.)
  13. Rules to compare adjectives:
    1. Add –er and –est to most adjectives that are one or two syllables long.
    2. If the one or two syllable adjective ends in y, drop the y and add –ier and  -iest.
    3. Use more and most or less and least in front of most adjectives with two or more syllables.
    4. Add –r and –st to short adjectives that end in e.
    5. Some adjectives are irregular and don’t follow these rules. (Ex. bad/worse/worst & good/better/best)
  14. MORE is used with an adjective of two or more syllables or to compare two persons, places, or things.
  15. MOST is used with an adjective of two or more syllables or to compare three or more persons, places, or things.
  16. NEVER use MORE before the –er form of an adjective.
  17. NEVER use MOST before the –est form of an adjective.
  18. A suffix is a word part added to the end of a word and changes the meaning of a word.
  19. –able  means worthy of, able to be
  20. –ful  full of, having qualities of
  21. –less without
  22. –y  having, being like
  23. Adjectives often come BEFORE the nouns they describe, BUT can also FOLLOW the nouns they describe.
  24. Predicate adjectives are LINKED to the subject by a linking verb.

 

 

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