Adjectives - English-see.blogspot

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Look at the following sentences and observe the words in bold letters.
It was a very hot summer. A lion was taking rest under a tree. A tiny mouse was so hungry and it was running all around searching food. It didn't notice the lion and ran over him. The lion was disturbed. Angrily, the lion placed his large paw on the small creature.

What did you understand?

These words point out the noun placed  after them. They describe them. They give additional information about the nouns they describe. For example tiny mouse tells us that the mouse was small in size. Large paw describes the paw of the lion that it was relatively great in size.

Definition of Adjective: A word placed before a noun which tells us about the qualities of the noun or describes it, is known as Adjective.

Types of Adjectives:

  • Adjectives of Quality
  • Adjectives of Quantity
  • Adjectives of Number
  • Demonstrative Adjectives
  • Interrogative Adjectives
  • Possessive Adjectives
Adjectives of Quality: 
They are used to describe the kind or quality of a noun. Example: bad, nice, clean, sour, sweet, high etc...

Adjectives of Quantity:
They are used to describe the quantity. They tell us how much of things there is. They are used for uncountable nouns only. Example: some, much, enough, little etc...

Adjectives of Number:
They are used to describe the number, amount and position of noun. They are used with countable nouns.
Examples: few, many
Cardinal number such as first, second
Ordinal number such as one, two, three etc...

Demonstrative Adjectives:
They are used to point out the nouns. This, that, these and those are demonstrative adjectives. Some others are certain, yonder and such.

Interrogative Adjectives:
These are used along with nouns to ask questions. Such as which, whose and what.

Possessive Adjectives:
Adjectives that show belongingness are possessive Adjectives.
Example: my, his, their etc...

Formation of Adjectives:

Adjectives are formed using a prefix or suffix to a root word.
For example:
Dis+honest  = dishonest
Im+practical = impractical
Harm+ful = harmful
White+ish = whitish
Storm+y = stormy
Courage+ous = Courageous
Sense+able   = sensible
Shame+less= shameless
Remark+able= remarkable
Hand+ful   = handful
Child+ish  = childish

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