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The document explains various types of adjectives, including descriptive, quantitative, possessive, demonstrative, interrogative, indefinite, comparative, and superlative adjectives. Each type is defined with examples illustrating their function in modifying nouns. The document emphasizes the importance of understanding the role of adjectives in providing information about nouns.

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Adjectives

The document explains various types of adjectives, including descriptive, quantitative, possessive, demonstrative, interrogative, indefinite, comparative, and superlative adjectives. Each type is defined with examples illustrating their function in modifying nouns. The document emphasizes the importance of understanding the role of adjectives in providing information about nouns.

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Parts of Speech:Adjectives:

Adjectives are words that modify nouns. They give some information about nouns, such as color or how many.
1.Descriptive Adjectives Or Adjective Of Quality :-
Descriptive adjectives are those adjectives which describe nouns or the noun phrases. For example: '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: Black, Blue, White, Green, etc.


 Touch as adjective: Slippery, Sticky, etc.
 Feelings as adjectives: Happy, Sad, Angry, etc.
 Sizes as adjectives: Big, Small, Thin, Thick, etc.
 Origin as adjectives: European, Latin, Greek, etc.
 Shapes as adjectives: Triangular, Rectangular, Square, Circular, etc.
 Qualities as adjectives: Good, Bad, Average, etc.
 Time as adjective: Yearly, Monthly, etc.
 Age as adjectives: Young, Ancient, Old, etc.
 Material as adjectives: Wood, Cotton, Gold, etc.
 Opinions as adjectives: Pretty, hot, expensive, etc.
2.Adjective Of Quantity Or Numeric Adjective

Adjective of quantity talks about the quantity of the noun being talked about and provides answer to the question of
'how much'. It shows the quantity or the numbers present in the sentence. For example: 'there were three boys playing
in the ground'. Here the word 'three' signifies the quantity or the number of boys playing. Other examples are:

 He has little intelligence.

 Sunday is the first day of the week.

3.Possessive Adjectives

Possessive adjectives are like possessive pronouns, but act as adjectives. They are: my, your, its, our, and their. They
demonstrate a relationship of ownership.. Remember: it's an adjective if it comes with the noun; it's a pronoun if it
replaces the noun..

This is worth saying again: possessive adjectives never use an apostrophe. This is tricky because when we use what is
normally a noun in the form of an adjective to indicate possession, we use an apostrophe. But when we use the
possessive adjective in place of a noun (which is why we sometimes call them possessive pronouns) there is a tendency
to want to use the apostrophe. Don't do it! Even though we might write "The dog's bone," we do not subsequently refer
to "it's bone." "It's" is a contraction meaning "It is"; "Its" is a possessive pronoun. A similar mistake is using "who's" for
"whose". Sometimes people also throw an apostrophe into "hers" or "theirs" and write "her's" and “their’s”.
It is my ball.
We are going to her home.
I am playing his computer game.
We love our new car.

4.Demonstrative Adjectives

Demonstrative Adjectives are identical to demonstrative pronouns, but are used for a different purpose. Remember it is
the function of the word that defines what kind of word it is in terms of the parts of speech. The demonstrative
adjectives are: this, that,these, those, and what.
Take this job and shove it.
I love that new dress.
Who are those people?
I don't know what investment you made.

5.Interrogative Adjectives

Another type of adjective is the interrogative adjective. Interrogative adjectives include the words which and what.

Which company do you want to invest in?

What bank do you trust with your money?

6.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.
Here is an example explained in detail: 'The chief has heard many people make the same promise'. The word 'Many' is
an indefinite adjective which does not specify the quantity of people and modifies the noun 'people' without pointing
out exactly who all have made the said same promise. Other examples:

 Many children like dinosaurs.

 Is there any water in the bottle?


 Some people wanted to buy stocks.
7. 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 work like nicer,
taller, smarter, etc; there are some exceptions also. Other examples 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.
8.Superlative Adjectives

Superlative adjectives express the greatest increase or decrease of the quality; it conveys the supreme value of the noun
in question. For instance, 'He is the richest man in this town'. Here, the word 'richest' is the superlative adjective which
shows a comparison individually.

 Mary is the tallest of all the students.


 I am in the smallest class in the school.
 This is the most interesting subject for me.

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