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Kind of Adjectives
Kind of Adjectives To see the definition of adjective and its forms, just click here! There are many kinds of adjectives, among others are: 1. Possessive Adjectives Possessive adjectives, also known as possessive determiners, are a part of speech that modifies a noun by attributing possession (or other sense of belonging) to someone or something, (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Possessive_adjective). Possessive…
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Demonstrative Adjectives
Demonstrative Adjectives Demonstrative adjective demonstrates or indicates noun. It shows whether a noun a speaker refers to is singular or plural and if it is near or far from the speaker. The four demonstrative adjectives are this, that, these and those. This indicates that the noun the speaker refers to is near and that is far. Demonstrative adjective is put before…
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Interrogative Adjectives
Interrogative Adjectives Interrogative adjectives modify a noun or a noun phrase to show a question about the noun/noun phrase. The interrogative adjectives among others are what, which, and whose. They actually don’t stand on their own but stick to the words they modify. Pay attention to the following examples: 1. Which color do you prefer?2. What subject do you like best?3. Whose…
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Indefinite Adjectives
Indefinite Adjectives Indefinite adjectives are indefinite pronouns which function as adjectives; they are used to modify nouns or noun phrases. As the name indefinite (unspecified, unknown, indeterminate, undefined), then indefinite adjectives give general information about the nouns/ noun phrases they modify; they do not point out specific thing. And indefinite adjectives frequently answers the question “How much?”.…
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Self Introduction in English
Self Identity, Family Relationship, Hobby and Habit Some expression of Self Introduction 2. Family Relationship Some expressions to ask and tell about family relationship:1. Do you have any brothers and sisters?Yes, I do.2. How many brothers and sisters do you have?I have two brothers and two sisters. They are ……..(mention their names).3. I have three…
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Adjective Order
Adjective Order Adjectives function to modify nouns in order to give detailed description about the nouns. Using adjectives is very important to make your writing more descriptive and interesting. Adjectives help readers/listeners draw a picture on their mind about the thing you are described. Actually there are some kinds of adjectives, and attributive adjective is the one we are going to discuss here. Attributive…
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Comparative Degree
Comparative Degree Comparative degree is the comparative form of an adjective or adverb. Comparative degree describes the degree or value by which someone or something has; it tells whether it is greater or less in extent than another. The types of comparative degree are positive, comparative, superlative and equal degree. I. Positive Degree The positive degree is the basic…
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Expressing Plan and Suggestion in English
Expressing Plan and Suggestion in English 1. Expression of Plan/Intention The following are the examples to express your plan/intention:a. I would like to tell you about my childhood.b. I will visit my grandmother tomorrow.c. I want to make fried rice.d. I am going to introduce my sister to you.e. I would rather watch a movie…
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Adjective in English
Adjective in English DEFINITION In grammar, an adjective is a word whose main syntactic role is to qualify a noun or noun phrase, giving more information about the object signified, (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adjective). An adjective modifies a noun or a pronoun by describing, identifying, or quantifying it. It tells us more about the noun/pronoun it modifies. It answers the questions about…
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Time Clause
Time Clause A clause is a unit of grammatical organization next below the sentence in rank and in traditional grammar said to consist of a subject and predicate (http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/clause). Then Time Clause is a clause which expresses time. To introduce a time clause words like before, after, when, whenever, while, as soon as, until/till etc.are usually used. A time clause is…