THE

ADJECTIVES
ENGLISH

PROF. DENIS

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Kelly Carrizales
Jenni Pardo
Katherine Fabian
Jasmin Alfaro
Erika Biondi
Hector Garayar
Alfonso Mora
Miguel Navarro ahui

THE
ADJECTIVES
(Adjetivos)
Classes or types
Clases

Accompany nouns
(Acompaan a los
sustantivos)
They indicate a characteristic or
condition
(Sealan una caracterstica o
condicin)

In English there are

six classes of
adjectives
1.Descriptive/
Qualitative
(Calificativo)

2.Demonstrat
ive
(Demostrativ
os)

3.Quantitati
ve
(Cuantitativos)

4. Interrogative
(Interrogativos)

5. Possessive
(Posesivos)

6. Numeric
(Numricos)

THE GRAMMAR

The Grammar: Being the Grammar an Adjective more Noun

(La Gramtica: Siendo la gramtica un Adjetivo + Sustantivo)

Examples :
Adjective
1.Soft bed
A N

Cama suave

2. Beautiful house
A
N

Noun
Casa hermosa

3. Big tree
A N

rbol grande

STRUCTURE

Structure : Here is used ,article, adjective and

noun.
(Estructura: Aqu se utiliza , artculo, adjetivo y sustantivo)

Examples :
1.The tall boy
Ar Ad N

El
muchacho
alto

Article
2.An expensive gift
Ar
Ad
N

+ Adjective
Un regalo
caro

+ Noun
3. A small dog
Ar Ad N

Un perro
pequeo

4.The angry birds

Ar
Ad N

Los pjaros
enojados

Types of
adjectives

1. Adjective
Descriptive/Qualitative (Adjetivo
Calificativo)
It is the word that he accompanies on the noun (names of things), with the aim to own
characteristics of a noun qualify or express it
(Es la palabra que acompaa al sustantivo (nombres de cosas), con el objetivo de
calificarlo o expresar caractersticas propias de un sustantivo)
we have the next Adjectives Descriptive
Fat (gordo)

Blue (azul) nice (simptico)

hot (caliente)

young (joven) round (redondo) long (largo)

Examples of Adjetive
Descriptive/Qualitative
1. I see a gray cloud.

(Veo una nube gris)

2. I havegreengrassin my garden

(Yo tengo pasto verde en mi jardn)

3. We are onredalert.

(Estamos en alerta roja)

4. Carladoes not like thedrydesert climate. (A Carla no le gusta el clima seco del desierto)
5. The planehas to avoidcloudyreas. (El avin tiene que evitar zonas nubosas)

2. Demonstrative
(Demostrativos)
It is important to start by indicating that the pronouns can be in Singular or plural and that
they can refer to the distance.
(Es importante comenzar sealando que los pronombres pueden estar en singular o plural y que
pueden hacer referencia a la distancia)
we have the next Adjectives Demonstrative
ADJETIVOS DEMOSTRATIVOS
DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS
SINGULAR

PLURAL

NEAR
(Sealar de cerca)

THIS
este esta

THESE
estos - estas

FAR
(Sealar de lejos)

THAT
aquel - aquella

THOSE
aquellos - aquellas

Examples of Adjetive
Descriptive/Qualitative
Este es un carro rojo.

Affirmative This is a red car

Estos son carros rojos

Ese es un carro rojo

These are red cars

That is a red car

Those is a red car

Are these red cars ?

Is that a red car ?

Is Those a red car?

That is not a red car

Those is not a red

car

Interrogati
ve

is This a red car ?

Negative

This is not a red car These are not red cars.

Esos son carros rojos

3. Quantitative
(Cuantitativos)
The cuantificadores indicate the quantity of a name. They are re-put to the question " how
many? ". As the articles, the cuantificadores define to a name and always they are placed in
front of the name. Some of them can be used only by countable, different names, only by
countless and different names, by both.
(Los cuantificadores indican la cantidad de un nombre. Son repuestas a la pregunta Cuntos?. Al
igual que los artculos, los cuantificadores definen a un nombre y siempre estn situados delante del
nombre. Algunos se pueden usar slo con nombres contables, otros, slo con nombres incontables y
otros, con ambos)
Quantitative
Uncountable
Accountant
(Cuantitativos)
Many (muchos/as)

(Contables)

(Incontable)

X
X

Much (mucho/mucha)
Some (algunos/as)

Any

(alguno/a)

Examples of Adjetive
Quantitative
Affirmative

Interrogative

Negative

We have many friends

How much money does he have?

I do not have any cats

Tenemos muchos amigos

Cunto dinero tiene?

No tengo ningn gato

Affirmative
She has some apples
Tiene algunas manzanas

4. Interrogative (Interrogativos)
Interrogative adjectives are words that accompany the noun in an interrogative
sentence, they are: what, why, how, how much, how many, how many, what, what.
Interrogative adjectives should not be confused with the pronoun.
Los adjetivos interrogativos son las palabras que acompaan al sustantivo en una oracin
interrogativa, stos son: cul, qu, cunto, cunta, cuntos, cuntas, cul, cules.
Los adjetivos interrogativos no deben confundirse con los pronombre.
What?

Where?

When?

Who?

Qu?

Dnde?

Cundo? Quin?

Whose?

Why?

De quin? Por qu?

Which?

How?

Cul?

Cmo?

Examples of Adjetive
Interrogative
What do you
want?

Where do
they live?

When do you Who is he?

go to work?

Whose bag
is this?

Why are
they here?

Which car is
his?

Qu
quieres?

Dnde
viven?

Cundo vas
a tu trabajo?

De quin es
esta bolsa?

Por qu
estn aqu?

Cul es su
coche?

Quin es l?

How are you?

Cmo ests?

5. Possessive (Posesivos)
The possessive adjectives indicate to whom him the noun belongs.
(Los adjetivos posesivos indican a quin le pertenece el sustantivo)

my

your

his

her

its

our

your

their

mi, mis

tu, tus /
su, sus
(de usted)

su, sus
(de l)

su, sus
(de ella)

su, sus
(de algo)

nuestro/a/
os/as

su, sus
(de
ustedes/v
osotros)

su, sus
(de
ellos/as)

Examples of Adjetive Possessive

This
This
is your book is my house
.

Is
this your car?

His name
is Peter

Her name is
Amanda

Its color is
blue

Our family is Their project

united
is finished

Este es tu
libro

Este es tu/su
carro?

Su nombre
es Peter

Su nombre
es Amanda

Su color es
azul

Nuestra
familia es
unida

Esta es mi
casa

Su proyecto
est
terminado

6. Numeric (Numricos)
The abbreviation of the ordinal numbers is formed with the number in
number followed by the last two letters of the complete word. The tens,
thousands and the million join with a script or "and", as the whole numbers.
(La abreviatura de los nmeros ordinales se forma con el nmero en cifra seguido
por las ltimas dos letras de la palabra completa. Las decenas, millares y el milln
se unen con un guin o and, al igual que los nmeros cardinales)
Cardinal Numbers (Nmeros cardinales)

Ordinal Numbers (Nmeros Ordinales)

One(1) , Two(2), Three(3), Four(4).

First(1), Second(2do), Third(3ro),

Examples of Adjetive Numeric

Cardinal Numbers (Nmeros cardinales)
One(1)

Two(2)

Theree(3)

Four(4)

Ten(10)

Twenty(20)

Thirty(30)

One Hundred(100)

On Thousand(1000)

Ordinal Numbers (Nmeros Ordinales)

First(1st)

Second(2nd)

Third(3rd)

Fourth(4th
)

Tenth(10th)

Twentieth(20th)

thirtieth(30th)

hundredth(100th)

Thousandth(1,000th)

Grammatical Rules (Reglas

gramaticales)
One: The adjective usually comes before the name, as we saw in the beginning of this lesson.
Although in some cases depend on the verb, and then the adjective is placed after the verb.
These verbs are:
El adjetivo casi siempre se sita antes del nombre, como hemos visto en el principio de esta leccin. Aunque
en algunos casos, dependen del verbo, y entonces el adjetivo se sita detrs del verbo.
Estos verbos son:
to be

to
become

to feel

to look

to seem

to smell

to taste

(ser/estar)

(ponerse)

(sentirse)

(parecer)

(parecer)

(oler)

(gustar)

Examples
She looks [seems] tired

I feel good.

It smells bad

You are beautiful

(Parece cansada.)

(Me siento bien)

(Huele mal.)

Eres guapa.)

Grammatical Rules (Reglas gramaticales)

Two: The adjective English has no gender
El adjetivo en ingls no tiene gnero.
fast

good

cold

tall

(rpido/a)

(bueno/a)

(fro/a)

(alto/a)

Three: In general, the adjectives do not have a plural form. Only demonstrative and
quantitative adjectives have different forms for singular and the plural:
En general, los adjetivos no tienen una forma plural. Solo los adjetivos demostrativos y cuantitativos
tienen formas diferentes para el singular y el plural:

Examples of Three Grammatical

Demostrativos:

Cuantitativos:

this pencil

these pencils

much money

many books

(este lpiz)

(estos lpices)

mucho dinero)

(muchos libros)

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