Adjective, Adjective Phrase, and Adjective Clause

 

1.    Adjectives and Adjective Phrases

An adjective is a word that describes a noun. Example of adjective to describe perception of five senses.

Sight	Sound	Touch	Taste	Smell
a.       Dark b.      Bright	Loud Noisy	Cold Slimy	Sweet Bitter	Fragrant Pungent

 

1. An adjective Phrase is phrase that act as an adjective by describing a noun

a.       Fact adjective give factual information about size, age, color, material, etc

Example; the sky is blue

b.      Opinion adjective tell us what somebody thinks of something or somebody.

Example; the beach is beautiful

 

Opinion	Size	Shape	Condition	Age	Color	Origin	Material	Purpose
Pretty	Big	Round	Dirty	Old	Blue	Indonesia	Wooden	Cleaning

 

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Example

A beautiful clean beach

 Some small plastic bags

 

2.   Adjective Clause

Adjective clause is a dependent clause that modifies a noun or pronoun. Adjective clauses begin with a relative pronoun (that, who, whom, which, whose) or start with a relative adverb (when, where, and why)

Look at the example below!

 

a    The beach that we visited last week is closed

 

b.    The city where I was born has some beaches