What is adjective ?

  • Adjectives are words which are used to describe or modify nouns or pronouns.
Example:-
  • He is a funny little man.
  • The red bug is sitting on the flower.
  • I love Chinese food.
  • He has 40 horses.
Types of adjective
  1. Proper adjective.
  2. Descriptive, qualitative or attributive adjective.
  3. Quantitative adjective.
  4. Numeral adjective.
  5. Demonstrative adjective.
  6. Distributive adjective.
  7. Interrogative adjective.
  8. Possessive adjective.

Adjectives that come from proper nouns are called proper adjectives.

  • Alex is an Australian player.
  • Robin is an Indian player.
  • Sushi is an Asian player.
  • I love Chinese food.
  • My brother likes Italian cuisine.
  • Shakespearean sonnets are easy to comprehend.

A descriptive, qualitative or attributive adjective is a adjective that shows the kind and quality of a person or thing.

  • My sister is a beautiful girl.
  • There are boring people in my classroom.
  • The pickle is so sour.
  • The tiger roars in the forest.
  • Can you stop doing rough work now?

A word that modifies a noun by indicating a number/quantity is called a quantitative adjective.

  • He has 40 horses.
  • I have been standing here for five hours.
  • Four girls were expelled from the school.
  • The first boy who failed in the last exam.
  • Not a single boy is in the classroom.

A numeral adjective which tells us about how many or how much or in what order the noun is in.

  • Every human being is selfish by nature.
  • Some of them did not participate in the comeptition.
  • Only a few students have completed the task successfully.
  • She borrowed twelve books from the library.
  • He visited several shops to get sponsorship.

Demonstrative adjectives are adjectives or determiners used to identify or express the relative position of a noun in time or space.

  • Give me that blue water bottle.
  • This time I won’t fail you.
  • I want those gorgeous marbles.
  • I wanted to propose you that day.
  • These mangoes are rotting.

Distributive adjectives show the things or persons are counted collectively.

  • Either you buy it or you don’t.
  • My mother isn’t a teacher. Neither am I.
  • Each girl must bring her own bag.
  • Each participant was asked to complete a file of survey.
  • Each of her friends is angry.

A word that asks a question is called interrogative adjectives.

  • Whose book was that?
  • Which pen do you like more?
  • What books are you buying today?
  • Which book on proofreading do you recommend?
  • Which team scored the highest in the last match?

A possessive adjective is an adjective that modifies a noun by identifying who has ownership or possession of it.

  • It is my pen.
  • Your house is really beautiful.
  • Her temper hasn’t improved with age!
  • Never judge something by its looks.
  • This is our website.