PARTS OF SPEECH (2)

D. Adjectives
Adjectives is a class of words used to modify a noun or
other substantives by qualifying, limiting and
specifying
There are 2 types of adjectives:
a. Describing adjective
b. Limiting adjective
Describing adjectives
Normally describing adjectives answer questions
what kind
For examples :
Beautiful
Colorful
Comfortable
Enjoyable
Delicious
Famous
Marvelous
 Roses are beautiful flower
High milk products intake gives you strong bones.
I did an interesting topic for my bachelor project.
In the last 24 hours the bacteria showed a fast growth
The researchers have shown a wonderful teamwork.
My students are hard workers
They performed a great result on the project.
I love dark color clothes
Limiting adjectives
Limiting adjectives consist of:
1. Article
2. Cardinal Number
3. Ordinal Number
4. Demonstrative article
5. Possessive pronoun
6. Quantity
7. Past Participle
8. Present Participle
1. Article
An article acts as an adjective as shown in these
examples:
What is it in the test tube?
The specify test tube which is in the persons mind

It is the protein sample you gave to me

The specifies that protein sample in the test tube is the
one which was given to the person holding the test
tube
2. Cardinal Number
I bought 10 souvenirs for my friends

10 specifies the amount of souvenir

It answers question How many souvenir did you
buy?
3. Ordinal Number
The 2nd repetition gave the highest rendement
2 specifies the repetition
It answers question Which repetition gave the
highest rendement?

I use page 200 to 250 for this lesson

It limits the page numbers on the book
It answers question which page on the text book do
you use for this lesson?
4. Demonstrative article
I am going to work in that lab across the road

That specify the laboratorium the speaker means is

the one across the road
It answers question which lab are you going to work
in?
5. Possessive Pronoun (Possessive adjective)
I used my natural colouring for this candy

My specify natural colouring to the one which belong

to the speaker only
It answers question which natural colouring did you
use for this candy?
6. Quantity
I am trying to solve a lot of problem on math

A lot of specify the problem in math to be solved by

the speaker
It answers question how much problem are you
trying to solve?
7. Past participle
The researcher inject the rats with the tumor cells.
The injected rats are now having a rest

My wife boils the eggs.

I would like to eat only boiled eggs for my breakfast

Bad handling after harvest breaks the grain

It is necessary to separate the broken grain from the whole
ones

The cafs fry the chicken using deep pan frying

I prefer to categorise fried chicken to junk foods
8. Present participle
Little baby tend to cry when hungry.
The crying baby is hungry.

The microwave heats my meals.

The heating machine for my meal is microwave.

My husband is standing over there.

The standing man over there is my husband.

Elder people need a stick to help them walking.

The walking stick is made out of wood.
Example 1

A new study published In Public Health Nutrition links

frequent cooking to a longer life
a as an adjective
a (limiting adjective) specify that it is not any new
study but it is a particular study published in Public
Health Nutrition Journal
It answers question which new study link frequent
cooking to a longer life?
Similar to a in a longer life
new as an adjective

new (descriptive adjective) describes a noun study

It answers question which study link frequent

cooking to a longer life?
frequent as an adjective
frequent (descriptive adjective) describes a noun
cooking
It answers question what kind of cooking links to a
longer life?
Example 2

Recent anatomic studies have shown that the left bundle

system of human heart actually branches out into
three divisions.
recent as an adjective
recent describes anatomic studies
It answers question which anatomic studies have
shown that the left bundle system of human heart
branches out into three division?
anatomic as an adjective
anatomic describes studies
It answers question What studies have shown that
the left bundle system of human heart branches out
into three division?
left as an adjective
left describes bundle system
It answers question according to recent anatomic
studies, which bundle system of human heart
branches out into three division?