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📌 What are Objective vs. Subjective Adjectives?

- Objective adjectives describe facts that can be measured, observed, or verified by anyone. They are neutral and based on reality.
- Example: *tall, red, heavy, old, round*

- Subjective adjectives express opinions, feelings, or personal judgments. They vary from person to person.
- Example: *beautiful, boring, delicious, scary, amazing*

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Now let’s go through each sentence and identify the adjective(s), then classify them.

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✔ SOLUTION:

1. William was a man of unshakable determination.
→ *unshakable* — Subjective (depends on opinion; “how unshakable?” is debatable)

2. The costume makes the children look cheerful.
→ *cheerful* — Subjective (emotion/feeling; not measurable)

3. The new restaurant is very noisy.
→ *noisy* — Objective (can be measured with decibel meter; observable)

4. Karl’s explanation is extremely wonderful!
→ *extremely wonderful* — Subjective (opinion; “wonderful” is evaluative)

5. The weather is clear.
→ *clear* — Objective (observable fact — sky is or isn’t cloudy)

6. Driving a cheap car is not good.
→ *cheap* — Subjective (value judgment; “cheap” implies low quality or cost — context-dependent)
→ *good* — Subjective (opinion)

7. The play is short and sweet.
→ *short* — Objective (duration can be measured)
→ *sweet* — Subjective (emotional tone; could mean pleasant, sentimental — opinion)

8. Father and Peter cracked ribs and bruising.
→ *cracked* — Objective (medical fact)
→ *bruising* — Objective (physical condition)

9. There is nothing in the aftershock of the earthquake.
→ *aftershock* — Not an adjective (noun). No adjective here.
*(Note: This sentence may be poorly worded. If meant to say “the aftershock was...”, then we’d need more info. As written, no adjective.)*

10. Sarah doesn’t like going out alone at night.
→ *alone* — Objective (state of being by oneself — verifiable)
→ *night* — Not an adjective (noun)

11. My father and I don’t like it.
→ No adjectives. *Don’t like* = verb phrase. *It* = pronoun.

12. Doctors kept the baby alive for five weeks.
→ *alive* — Objective (biological state — measurable)

13. Cherry was so exhausted that she fell asleep in the chair.
→ *exhausted* — Subjective (internal feeling; though measurable via fatigue tests, usually considered subjective in language)

14. The parents looked concerned on my exam.
→ *concerned* — Subjective (emotional state; inferred from expression)

15. The tiger was leaping across the river.
→ *leaping* — Not an adjective (present participle verb form)
→ *across* — preposition
→ *river* — noun
→ No adjectives

16. John is one of my favorite movies.
→ *favorite* — Subjective (personal preference)

17. He had some real friends yesterday.
→ *real* — Subjective (what defines “real” friends? Opinion-based)
→ *some* — quantifier, not adjective (though sometimes classified as determiner)

18. A strange thing happened this morning.
→ *strange* — Subjective (depends on perception — what’s strange to one may not be to another)

19. Matthew felt really nervous before the interview.
→ *really* — adverb (modifies *nervous*)
→ *nervous* — Subjective (internal emotional state)

20. This coffee has a nasty taste.
→ *nasty* — Subjective (opinion about flavor)

21. This article needs editing.
→ *editing* — noun/gerund, not adjective.
→ No adjectives

22. The Guardian is a daily newspaper.
→ *daily* — Objective (frequency — measurable)

23. This photo looks beautiful.
→ *beautiful* — Subjective (aesthetic judgment)

24. Elderly people become socially isolated.
→ *elderly* — Objective (age category — generally defined as 65+)
→ *socially isolated* — *socially* = adverb, *isolated* = Objective (measurable social behavior)

25. These documents are not accessible to the public.
→ *accessible* — Objective (can be tested — either you can access them or you can’t)

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📝 Final Answer Summary Table:

| Sentence # | Adjective(s) | Type |
|------------|------------------------|------------|
| 1 | unshakable | Subjective |
| 2 | cheerful | Subjective |
| 3 | noisy | Objective |
| 4 | extremely wonderful | Subjective |
| 5 | clear | Objective |
| 6 | cheap, good | Subjective |
| 7 | short, sweet | Obj, Subj |
| 8 | cracked, bruising | Objective |
| 9 | — | — |
| 10 | alone | Objective |
| 11 | — | — |
| 12 | alive | Objective |
| 13 | exhausted | Subjective |
| 14 | concerned | Subjective |
| 15 | — | — |
| 16 | favorite | Subjective |
| 17 | real | Subjective |
| 18 | strange | Subjective |
| 19 | nervous | Subjective |
| 20 | nasty | Subjective |
| 21 | — | — |
| 22 | daily | Objective |
| 23 | beautiful | Subjective |
| 24 | elderly, isolated | Obj, Obj |
| 25 | accessible | Objective |

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💡 Teaching Tip:

When teaching this concept, encourage students to ask:
👉 *“Can everyone agree on this description, or does it depend on how someone feels?”*

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