ADJECTIVE
Any word which qualifies the noun or a pronoun is called an Adjective. An adjective speaks about the quality of a noun or pronoun.
For example:
Poor man, good students, black pencil
- There are three degrees of comparison in adjectives. They are Positive, Comparative and Superlative.
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Example: Ram is a tallboy.
Mohan is taller than Ram.
John is the tallest boy in our class.
- The adjectives will also have antonyms.
Example: Good x Bad
Poor x Rich
Black x White
KINDS OF ADJECTIVES
- Adjectives of quality
- demonstrative adjective
- Distributive Adjective
- Emphasizing Adjective
- Adjectives of Quantity
- Adjective of Number
- Possessive Adjective
- Exclamatory Adjective
- Proper Adjective
- Interrogative Adjective
1. Adjectives of Quality :
It denotes the quality of the noun and the nature of the noun (person or thing)
Example: He is an honest man
Here the word explains the quality of the man.
2.Demonstrative Adjective :
It picks out a person, place, animal or thing. Demonstrative Adjectives are five kinds. They are This, That, These, Those and Such.
Example: This girl is my friend
That is the college
These cookies are mine
Those shoes are easy to wear.
Such a tall boy he is
3.Distributive Adjectives:
It denotes each person, place, animal or thing in a group. It clearly points out the noun. Distributive adjective words are each, every, neither, either, etc.,
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Example: Each boy gets a prize.
Every single minute is important.
4.Emphasizing Adjectives:
It lay emphasis on a person, place or thing. There are two emphasizing adjectives. They are own and very.
Example: She is my own sister.
This the very rabbit which passes this way.
5.Adjectives of Quantity:
It denotes the number of things. Such words are some, all, great, little, enough, half, whole, sufficient, more, much, no, any, small, etc.,
Example: I eat some fruits
Ramya eats the whole cake.
It denotes definite and indefinite numbers. There is two subdivision in this kind. They are Definite numerical adjectives and Indefinite numerical adjectives.
In Definite Numerical Adjective, it clearly explains the exact number of the noun. Again it divided into two types they are Cardinal numbers Arabic Numeral and Ordinal Numbers Roman Numerals. In the first division, it denotes exact numbers.
Example: Geetha bought three books
I met three friends in my school.
In the second division, it denotes the position of the noun. it is called Ordinal numbers Roman Numerical.
Example: I got first prize in the dance program
The second girl is so talkative
An indefinite numerical adjective, it does not tell about the exact number of the noun.
Examples: Some people only attended the marriage function.
All girls are nicely dressed on this day.
7.Possessive Adjective :
It shows the possessiveness or the ownership of the noun. The words are my, our, your, his, her, it's and their.
Example: This is my book.
It's their property.
8.Exclamatory Adjective:
It expresses the feeling of the noun. Here the word 'what' used for different meanings. it's used as an exclamatory adjective.
Example: What a beautiful girl!
What a blessing!
9.Proper Adjective:
It derived from a Proper Noun. Proper adjective words must be capitalized. Many proper adjectives are formed using the names of countries (or other specific places), religions or people’s names.
Example: The Indian food is spicy.
I met an American woman.
10.Interrogative Adjective:
What, which, whose, how many and how much, these five interrogative words are often used with nouns to ask questions.
Example: Which song do you like most?
How many apples do you have?
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