Test Yourself

Adjectives

[Harbrace 1c(4) & 4]

Review

• Introduction: Adjectives 
• Pronouns That Function as Adjectives 
• Adjectival Endings 

Practice Exercises

• Selecting Appropriate Adjectives, Part I
• Identifying Adjectives, Part II

Introduction

The water is cold.
I have a green car.
This box is broken.
She has seven brothers.

Pronouns That Function as Adjectives

When pronouns, such as the following, modify nouns or pronouns, they function as adjectives:

• Numerical:

  one, two, first, second 

  EXAMPLE:
  He hit the ball on his second swing. 

• Possessive:

  my, her, his, your, their, its [See also Harbrace 6, 6e, & 22b] 

  EXAMPLE:
  They remembered to bring their books. 

• Demonstrative:
  

this, that, these, those

EXAMPLE:
This weather has been wonderful. 

• Interrogative:

  which, whose, what 

  EXAMPLE:
  Whose wallet is this? 

• Relative:

what, whatever, which, whose [See also Harbrace 6 & 7a(6).] 

EXAMPLE:
I remember whatever John tells me. 

• Indefinite:

  another, many, any [See also Harbrace 7a(7).] 

  EXAMPLE:
  Both quarterbacks performed well. 

Adjectival Endings [Harbrace 1c(4)]

Below is a list of endings that can help you identify adjectives: 

ENDING, EXAMPLE
-al, international
-ant, resistant
-ent, magnificent
-able, agreeable
-ible, forcible
-ar, lunar
-ary, extraordinary
-ful, grateful
-ish, childish
-ive, attentive
-ous, generous
-y, angry