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ADJECTIVES - Introduction

Adjectives tell us more about nouns and sometimes pronouns. They are often called describing or qualifying words.

TYPE	FUNCTION	EXAMPLE
Quality	Answers the question: What kind of?	good, beautiful, mysterious, thatched, grand
Quantity	Shows how much or how many of a thing is meant.	all, some, many, few, three, fourth,
Demonstrative	Points out or shows the peroson or thing meant.	this, that, these, those
Possessive	Shows ownership or possession.	my, your, his, her, their
Comparison	Shows comparision between equal people or things.	black, blacker, blackest; light, lighter, lightest
Interrogative	Asks a question	which? what? whose?
Distributive	Shows people or things - as one or in separate lots	each, every, either, neither

Which adjectives would you fit into this story. Perhaps you could even think of others.

e.g Once upon a time there lived a ................ cat.	Once upon a time there lived a ginger cat.
little -wintry - mysterious - warm - terrifying - ginger - cosy - cold -

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