Adjectives are one of the four major word classes, along with nouns, verbs and adverbs. It is a word that describes a noun, giving extra information about it.
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Questão
2018
AMAUC
Prefeitura Municipal de Seara (SC)
Professor de Inglês (Pref Seara/SC)
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A
Most adjectives can be used in two positions: attributive adjectives occur before the noun they describe, while predicative adjectives are used after certain verbs:
a black cat [attributive]
The cat was black. [predicative]
B
There are some adjectives that can only be used in one position or the other. For example, these two sentences are grammatically correct:
She was alone that evening. ["alone‘ = predicative]
It was a mere scratch. ["mere‘ = attributive]
These sentences, on the other hand, are not correct:
I saw an alone woman. ["alone‘ cannot be used in the attributive position]
The scratch was mere. ["mere‘ cannot be used in the predicative position]
C
Most adjectives are gradable. This means that their meaning can be modified (made stronger, weaker, or otherwise altered) by placing one or moreadverbsin front of them. For example: an expensive house - a very expensive house - a fairly expensive house - an extremely expensive house
The adverbs very, fairly, and extremely tell where this particular house belongs on the scale of ̳expensiveness‘. By using them, we can make a significant difference to the meaning of an adjective.
Non-gradable adjectives are those with meanings which cannot be modified by adverbs.
For example: the western side of the mountain - electronic devices - a nuclear reactor
D
All the adjectives have two different forms: the comparative, and the superlative:
E
The comparative form is used for comparing two people or things: He is taller than me. The superlative is used for comparing one person or thing with every other member of their group: He was the tallest boy in the class.