Define Adjective and its type?
An adjective is a word that describes, identifies, or quantifies a noun or pronoun, giving more information about its attributes, characteristics, or qualities. Adjectives can describe various aspects such as color, size, shape, quantity, and more.
It tells us what kind, how many, which one, or how much.
Example: The beautiful garden, three red apples, her old shoes
There are several types of adjectives:
1. Descriptive Adjectives: Describe the qualities or states of being of nouns (e.g., "happy," "sad," "tall," "blue").
2. Quantitative Adjectives: Indicate the quantity of nouns (e.g., "some," "many," "few," "several").
3. Demonstrative Adjectives: Point out specific nouns (e.g., "this," "that," "these," "those").
4. Possessive Adjectives: Show ownership or possession (e.g., "my," "your," "his," "her," "its," "our," "their").
5. Interrogative Adjectives: Used to ask questions about nouns (e.g., "which," "what," "whose").
6. Distributive Adjectives: Refer to individual members of a group (e.g., "each," "every," "either," "neither").
7. Proper Adjectives: Derived from proper nouns and typically capitalized (e.g., "American," "Chinese," "Shakespearean").
8. Numeral Adjectives: Indicate numbers or order (e.g., "one," "two," "first," "second").
9. Comparative Adjectives: Compare differences between two objects (e.g., "bigger," "smaller," "more beautiful").
10. Superlative Adjectives: Indicate the highest degree of a quality (e.g., "biggest," "smallest," "most beautiful").
How Adjectives Work in Sentences
Before nouns (attributive position):
e.g. She wore a blue dress.
After linking verbs (predicative position):
e.g. The sky is blue.
Comparative and superlative forms:
big → bigger → biggest
beautiful → more beautiful → most beautiful
Exercises for Students
Exercise 1: Fill in the blanks
a) The _______ cat is sleeping.
b) She bought a _______ dress.
c) This is the _______ day of my life.
Exercise 2: Identify adjectives
a) Underline the adjectives in these sentences:
b) The tall boy ran quickly.
c) I love the green apples.
d) She is very intelligent.
Exercise 3: Comparative & Superlative
Change the adjectives into comparative and superlative forms:
a) small → _______ → _______
b) happy → _______ → _______
c) interesting → _______ → _______
