are actually determining adjectives.
Articles: a, an, and the,
Demonstratives: this, that, those, and these.
Possessivness: his, her, their, our, its, your, and my.
Indefinites: some, few, many, several, no, and any.
Correct: This is my favorite pencil.
Wrong: This is mines favorite pencil.
Any word used to desire another word.
Example: The red apples are sitting in the hot sun.
Red describes the color of the apple and hot describes the temperature of the sun.
Most words ending in; ous, ful, able, y, ible, ive, less, and al, are descriptive adjectives.
Proper adjectives are descriptive words derived from proper nouns.
Example: The San Francisco trolley station
San Francisco describes what trolley station.
Predicate adjectives occur after the verb in a statement. A predicate adjective always describes the subject of the sentence. A sentence containing a predicate adjective must have a linking verb.
The comparative form compares two things.
Example: The painting is larger than that one.
The superlative form compares three or more.
Example: Of the three, this painting is the largest.
For most comparative adjectives, add er to most one-syllable adjectives and many two-syllable adjectives.
Higher or Bigger
Place more (or less) before many two-syllable adjectives.
Less loyal or More partial
Some adjectives totally change form.
Good/Better or Bad/Worse
Add est to most one-syllable and two-syllable adjectives.
High/Highest or Happy/Happiest
Place most or least before many two-syllable and three-syllable adjectives.
Wonderful/Most Wonderful or Expensive/Least Expensive
Some adjectives totally change form.
Good/Best or Bad/Worst
Correct: That building is larger than that one.
Wrong: That building is more larger than that one.