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Lesson plan 17
Theme: Ways of expressing syntactic relations between parts of sentences: word order,
Conjunction, Governing, Subordination, Predication. (Coordinative conjunction)
Level: Intermediate
Materials: Blackboard, Projector, laptop, different handouts
Aim: To raise the awareness about
the Course “Practical Grammar”
Time:
80 min
An
adjective
describes or modifies noun/s and pronoun/s in a sentence. It normally indicates
quality, size, shape,
duration, feelings, contents, and more about a noun or pronoun.
Adjectives usually provide relevant information about the nouns/pronouns they
modify/describe by answering the questions:
What kind? How many? Which one? How
much?
Adjectives enrich your writing by adding precision and originality to it.
Example:
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The team has a dangerous batsman. (What kind?)
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I have ten candies in my pocket. (How many?)
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I loved that red car. (Which one?)
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I earn more money than he does. (How much?)
Kinds of Adjectives
Descriptive Adjectives or adjective of
quality
Adjective of quantity
Predicative Adjectives
Personal Titles
Possessive Adjectives
Demonstrative Adjectives
Descriptive Adjectives Or Adjective Of Quality
Descriptive adjectives are those adjectives which describe nouns or the noun phrases. For
example: 'A beautiful day'. In this case, 'beautiful' is the adjective which qualifies or describes
the noun 'day'. Descriptive adjectives have several forms as discussed below.
Colors as adjectives: Black, Blue, White, Green, etc.
Touch as adjective: Slippery, Sticky, etc.
Feelings as adjectives: Happy, Sad, Angry, etc.
Sizes as adjectives: Big, Small, Thin, Thick, etc.
Origin as adjectives: European, Latin, Greek, etc.
Shapes as adjectives: Triangular,
Rectangular, Square, Circular, etc.
Qualities as adjectives: Good, Bad, Average, etc.
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