LESSON 73.
CLASSES OF ADJECTIVES.
+Hints for Oral Instruction+.—When I say large, round, sweet, yellow oranges, the words large, round, sweet, and yellow modify the word oranges by telling the kind, and limit the application of the word to oranges of that kind.
When I say this orange, yonder orange, one orange, the words this, yonder, and one do not tell the kind, but simply point out or number the orange, and limit the application of the word to the orange pointed out or numbered.
Adjectives of the first class describe by giving a quality, and so are called +Descriptive adjectives+.
Adjectives of the second class define by pointing out or numbering, and so are called +Definitive adjectives+.
Let the teacher write nouns on the board, and require the pupils to modify them by appropriate descriptive and definitive adjectives.