Kinds of Adjectives

Descriptive Adjectives or adjective of quality Adjective of quantity Predicative Adjectives Personal Titles Possessive Adjectives Demonstrative Adjectives Indefinite Adjectives Interrogative adjectives Comparative Adjectives Superlative Adjectives

Descriptive Adjectives Or Adjective Of Quality Descriptive adjectives are those adjectives which describe nouns or the noun phrases !or e"ample# $A beautiful day$ In this case% $beautiful$ is the adjective which qualifies or describes the noun $day$ Descriptive adjectives have several forms as discussed below

Colors as adjectives# &lac'% &lue% (hite% )reen% etc Touch as adjective# Slippery% Stic'y% etc !eelings as adjectives# *appy% Sad% Angry% etc Si+es as adjectives# &ig% Small% Thin% Thic'% etc ,rigin as adjectives# -uropean% .atin% )ree'% etc Shapes as adjectives# Triangular% /ectangular% Square% Circular% etc 0ualities as adjectives# )ood% &ad% Average% etc Time as adjective# 1early% 2onthly% etc Age as adjectives# 1oung% Ancient% ,ld% etc 2aterial as adjectives# (ood% Cotton% )old% etc ,pinions as adjectives# Pretty% hot% e"pensive% etc

Adjective Of Quantity Or Numeric Adjective Adjective of quantity tal's about the quantity of the noun being tal'ed about and provides answer to the question of $how much$ It shows the quantity or the numbers present in the sentence !or e"ample# $there were three boys playing in the ground$ *ere the word $three$ signifies the quantity or the number of boys playing ,ther e"amples are#

*e has little intelligence Sunday is the first day of the wee'

Predicative Adjectives Predicative adjectives are those which follow a lin'ing verb and not placed before a noun

Predicative adjective does not act as a part of the noun it modifies but serves as a complement of a lin'ing verb which connects it to the noun of the sentence Ta'e for instance $The bag is heavy$ *ere the predicative adjective $heavy$ is associated with the verb $is$ and lin's to the noun $bag$ ,ther e"amples are#

The weather will be cool and dry That child is young

Personal Titles Personal titles are adjectives where the titles such as% 2r % 2aster% 2iss% 2rs % 3ncle% Auntie% .ord% Dr% Prof and so on% are used as adjectives to describe the position of the noun These titles could be placed in the front or even at the end !or e"ample#

The day after tomorrow% you can visit Auntie Pauline and 3ncle 4ohn The classes on 2onday will be presented by Dr 2ary and Prof 5ate

Possessive Adjectives Possessive adjective is used where the sentence shows possession or belongingness They are similar to possessive pronouns and% in this case% are used as adjectives which modify a noun or a noun phrase *ere words such as% our% my% your% his% her% it$s and their6s% are used !or e"ample#

*ave you seen their house7 This is his room

Demonstrative Adjectives Demonstrative adjectives are used when there is a need to point specific things The adjectives function as a way to demonstrate something and are similar to demonstrative pronouns *ere words such as this% that% these% those and what are used Ta'e% for instance% the sentence# $If I hear that sound again% I will call the Police$ *ere $that$ refers to a specific sound ,ther e"amples are as follows#

(hose is this bag7 These mangoes are sour

Indefinite Adjectives Indefinite adjectives are used when the sentence has nothing to point out or specify These adjectives are formed from indefinite pronouns and do not indicate anything in particular It uses words such as% any% many% few and several% etc *ere is an e"ample e"plained in detail# $The chief has heard many people ma'e the same promise$ The word $2any$ is an indefinite adjective which does not specify the quantity of people and modifies the noun $people$ without pointing out e"actly who all have made the said same promise ,ther e"amples#

2any children li'e dinosaurs Is there any water in the bottle7

Interrogative Adjectives

An Interrogative adjective modifies a noun or a noun phrase and is similar to the interrogative pronoun It does not stand on its own and includes words such as% which% what% who% whose% whom% where and so on !or e"ample# $(hat dress are you wearing7$ *ere% $what$ modifies the noun $dress$ and is the object of the compound verb $are wearing$ ,ther e"amples#

(hich leaves turn color first7 (hose son is he7

Comparative Adjectives Comparative adjectives are those which imply increase or decrease of the quality or quantity of the nouns It is used to compare two things in a clause Adjectives are generally made comparative by adding $er$ to the original wor' li'e nicer% taller% smarter% etc8 there are some e"ceptions also ,ther e"amples are#

The detective is younger than the thief Science is more important than math in these days This school is better than the last one I attended

Superlative Adjectives Superlative adjectives e"press the greatest increase or decrease of the quality8 it conveys the supreme value of the noun in question !or instance% $*e is the richest man in this town$ *ere% the word $richest$ is the superlative adjective which shows a comparison individually

2ary is the tallest of all the students I am in the smallest class in the school This is the most interesting subject for me

It is not difficult to describe anything in this world -ven a li+ard can be called pretty by someone and ugly by another8 adjectives fall into place right here The type of description required in the specific sentences is something which should be given utmost attention to and the right 'ind of adjective must be duly selected These are the simplest parts of speech ever9