What Is an Adjective?
The simplest definition of an
adjective is that it is a word that describes or clarifies a noun. Adjectives
describe nouns by giving some information about an object’s size, shape, age,
color, origin or material.
Examples: Black book, Lazy boy
An adjective can be used in two ways:
(1) Attributively : She is good teacher (Adjective is before noun)
(2) Predicatively : Bimala is intelligent. (Adjective is immediately after verb)
Examples: Black book, Lazy boy
An adjective can be used in two ways:
(1) Attributively : She is good teacher (Adjective is before noun)
(2) Predicatively : Bimala is intelligent. (Adjective is immediately after verb)
Types of adjectives:
1. Adjectives of Quality ( answer the question : Of what kind?) : Delhi is a large city, He is an honest man
2. Adjectives of Quantity ( answer the question : how much?) :I ate some rice, you have no sense
3. Adjectives of Number ( answer the question : how many?) : The hand has five fingers, All men must die
Adjectives of number are of three kinds:
- a. Definite numeral adjectives: One, two , three etc. These are called cardinals. First, second, third etc these are called ordinals
- b. Indefinite numeral adjectives : Which do not denote an exact number. Eg: all, no, many , few, any, certain, several, sundry
- c. Distributive numeral adjectives: Which refer to each one of a number. Eg: Each, every, Neither, Either.
Examples:
1. Each boy must take his turn
2. India expects every man to do his duty
3. Either pen will do
4. Neither accusation is true
D. Demonstrative Adjective: (answers the questions Which?)
Examples:
1. This boy is stronger than gopal
2. That boy is diligent
3. These mangoes are sour
4. I hate such things
E. Interrogative adjectives : used to ask questions when there are used with nouns
Examples:
1. what manner of man is he?
2. which way shall we go?
3. whose book is this?
F. Emphasizing adjectives: the words own and very act as emphasizing adjectives
Examples:
1. I saw it with my own eyes
2. I met him in this very room
G. Exclamatory adjectives: What is sometimes used as an exclamatory adjectives
Examples:
1. what an Idea!
2. What a blessing!
1. Each boy must take his turn
2. India expects every man to do his duty
3. Either pen will do
4. Neither accusation is true
D. Demonstrative Adjective: (answers the questions Which?)
Examples:
1. This boy is stronger than gopal
2. That boy is diligent
3. These mangoes are sour
4. I hate such things
E. Interrogative adjectives : used to ask questions when there are used with nouns
Examples:
1. what manner of man is he?
2. which way shall we go?
3. whose book is this?
F. Emphasizing adjectives: the words own and very act as emphasizing adjectives
Examples:
1. I saw it with my own eyes
2. I met him in this very room
G. Exclamatory adjectives: What is sometimes used as an exclamatory adjectives
Examples:
1. what an Idea!
2. What a blessing!
What Do Adjectives Look Like?
English can be very tricky, so
you have to be careful, but a lot of English adjectives end with these suffixes:
- -able/-ible – adorable, invisible, responsible, uncomfortable
- -al – educational, gradual, illegal, nocturnal, viral
- -an – American, Mexican, urban
- -ar – cellular, popular, spectacular, vulgar
- -ent – intelligent, potent, silent, violent
- -ful – harmful, powerful, tasteful, thoughtful
- -ic/-ical – athletic, energetic, magical, scientific
- -ine – bovine, canine, equine, feminine, masculine
- -ile – agile, docile, fertile, virile
- -ive – informative, native, talkative
- -less – careless, endless, homeless, timeless
- -ous – cautious, dangerous, enormous, malodorous
- -some – awesome, handsome, lonesome, wholesome
Adjective special
Introduction
The
word adjective means something which is added on. Adjectives describe
nouns. They add something special to the meaning of the noun.
Eg. – (a) Sohan is a tall guy.
(b) He is nice.
So, if you look at (a), the adjective ‘tall’ is used before the noun ‘guy’. So, here an adjective qualifies a noun directly.
An adjective that qualifies a noun directly, is used attributively.
In the second sentence, the adjective is placed after the verb, so, here the adjective qualifies the noun indirectly.
An adjective that qualifies a noun indirectly, is used predicatively.
Types of adjective:-
(a) Adjectives of quality – honest, brave, liar, foolish etc.
(b) Adjectives of size, weight and shape – large, small, big, red, blue, oblique etc.
(c) Classifying adjectives – Russian revolution, Indian growth, Japanese technology etc.
(d) Intensifying adjectives – a close friend, strong allies etc.
(e) Limiter adjectives – a particular person, the only way, the same girl etc.
(f) Dynamic adjectives – calm, cruel, naughty, greedy, good etc.
(g) Demonstrative adjectives – a, an and the
Characteristics of adjective:-
(a) They are both attributive and predicative
(b) Can be pre-modified by the use of intensifier ‘very’.
(c) Can take comparative and superlative form.
(d) They can be complement to a subject.
(e) They can be also an object to compliment.
(f) Many adjectives provide the base form from which adverbs are derived.
Let us go through certain typical examples related to adjective.
Directions:
find out the error if any in each of the following sentences. If there
is no error in any section of the sentence, your answer will be (e).
Q1. (a) It is a matter of joy / (b) to all of us that / (c) next week there is / (d) few holidays in our office.
Ans – (d) ‘a few’ will be used. ‘few’ means negativity.,
whereas ‘a few’ means positivity. In the above sentence, we need a
positive one.
Q2. (a) Do not rely / (b) upon him; / (c) he is a man / (d) of few words.
Ans – (d) ‘few’ will be used.
Q3. (a) Are there some boys / (b) in your class / (c) to support / (d) my propaganda?
Ans – (a) ‘any’ will be used. ‘any’ is used in interrogative sentences, rather than using ‘some’.
‘any’ is also used in negative sentences after if, scarcely, barely and hardly.
Q4. (a) Will you / (b) purchase any / (c) pencil for / (d) my brother?
Ans – (b) ‘some’ will be used. Always remember that if a
sentence shows the aspect of request, ‘some’ will be used. ‘some’ is
used with countable nouns and with positive sentences.
Q5. (a) She is the eldest / (b) cow in my village, / (c) that is why, we / (d) cannot sell her to you.
Ans – (a) ‘oldest’ will be used. Elder, eldest is not used for animals or thing. It is only used for persons.
Q6. (a) Farther discussions / (b) will be held in / (c) our regional office / (d) on next Sunday.
Ans – (a) ‘further’ will be used. ‘farther’ means distant or advanced. ‘Further’ means additional.
Q7. (a) The death of last / (b) Mogul Emperor / (c) was prior than / (d) the ‘Do’ or ‘Die’ movement.
Ans – (c) ‘to’ will be used. Comparative adjectives
ending in –or are followed by the preposition ‘to’. Eg. – inferior,
superior, prior, senior, junior, anterior, posterior (07)
Q8. (a) It rained / (b) each day / (c) during / (d) your absence.
Ans – (b) ‘every’ will be used because the number of days of absence is not given. ‘every’ is used when the number is indefinite.
Q9. (a) Six women / (b) were / (c) seated on / (d) every chair.
Ans – (d) ‘each’ will be used because here the number of chairs is accountable.
Q10. (a) She / (b) meets me/ (c) each / (d) four days.
Ans – (c) ‘every’ will be used.
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Adjective special
Introduction
The
word adjective means something which is added on. Adjectives describe
nouns. They add something special to the meaning of the noun.
Eg. – (a) Sohan is a tall guy.
(b) He is nice.
So, if you look at (a), the adjective ‘tall’ is used before the noun ‘guy’. So, here an adjective qualifies a noun directly.
An adjective that qualifies a noun directly, is used attributively.
In the second sentence, the adjective is placed after the verb, so, here the adjective qualifies the noun indirectly.
An adjective that qualifies a noun indirectly, is used predicatively.
Types of adjective:-
(a) Adjectives of quality – honest, brave, liar, foolish etc.
(b) Adjectives of size, weight and shape – large, small, big, red, blue, oblique etc.
(c) Classifying adjectives – Russian revolution, Indian growth, Japanese technology etc.
(d) Intensifying adjectives – a close friend, strong allies etc.
(e) Limiter adjectives – a particular person, the only way, the same girl etc.
(f) Dynamic adjectives – calm, cruel, naughty, greedy, good etc.
(g) Demonstrative adjectives – a, an and the
Characteristics of adjective:-
(a) They are both attributive and predicative
(b) Can be pre-modified by the use of intensifier ‘very’.
(c) Can take comparative and superlative form.
(d) They can be complement to a subject.
(e) They can be also an object to compliment.
(f) Many adjectives provide the base form from which adverbs are derived.
Let us go through certain typical examples related to adjective.
Directions:
find out the error if any in each of the following sentences. If there
is no error in any section of the sentence, your answer will be (e).
Q1. (a) It is a matter of joy / (b) to all of us that / (c) next week there is / (d) few holidays in our office.
Ans – (d) ‘a few’ will be used. ‘few’ means negativity.,
whereas ‘a few’ means positivity. In the above sentence, we need a
positive one.
Q2. (a) Do not rely / (b) upon him; / (c) he is a man / (d) of few words.
Ans – (d) ‘few’ will be used.
Q3. (a) Are there some boys / (b) in your class / (c) to support / (d) my propaganda?
Ans – (a) ‘any’ will be used. ‘any’ is used in interrogative sentences, rather than using ‘some’.
‘any’ is also used in negative sentences after if, scarcely, barely and hardly.
Q4. (a) Will you / (b) purchase any / (c) pencil for / (d) my brother?
Ans – (b) ‘some’ will be used. Always remember that if a
sentence shows the aspect of request, ‘some’ will be used. ‘some’ is
used with countable nouns and with positive sentences.
Q5. (a) She is the eldest / (b) cow in my village, / (c) that is why, we / (d) cannot sell her to you.
Ans – (a) ‘oldest’ will be used. Elder, eldest is not used for animals or thing. It is only used for persons.
Q6. (a) Farther discussions / (b) will be held in / (c) our regional office / (d) on next Sunday.
Ans – (a) ‘further’ will be used. ‘farther’ means distant or advanced. ‘Further’ means additional.
Q7. (a) The death of last / (b) Mogul Emperor / (c) was prior than / (d) the ‘Do’ or ‘Die’ movement.
Ans – (c) ‘to’ will be used. Comparative adjectives
ending in –or are followed by the preposition ‘to’. Eg. – inferior,
superior, prior, senior, junior, anterior, posterior (07)
Q8. (a) It rained / (b) each day / (c) during / (d) your absence.
Ans – (b) ‘every’ will be used because the number of days of absence is not given. ‘every’ is used when the number is indefinite.
Q9. (a) Six women / (b) were / (c) seated on / (d) every chair.
Ans – (d) ‘each’ will be used because here the number of chairs is accountable.
Q10. (a) She / (b) meets me/ (c) each / (d) four days.
Ans – (c) ‘every’ will be used.
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Adjective special
Introduction
The
word adjective means something which is added on. Adjectives describe
nouns. They add something special to the meaning of the noun.
Eg. – (a) Sohan is a tall guy.
(b) He is nice.
So, if you look at (a), the adjective ‘tall’ is used before the noun ‘guy’. So, here an adjective qualifies a noun directly.
An adjective that qualifies a noun directly, is used attributively.
In the second sentence, the adjective is placed after the verb, so, here the adjective qualifies the noun indirectly.
An adjective that qualifies a noun indirectly, is used predicatively.
Types of adjective:-
(a) Adjectives of quality – honest, brave, liar, foolish etc.
(b) Adjectives of size, weight and shape – large, small, big, red, blue, oblique etc.
(c) Classifying adjectives – Russian revolution, Indian growth, Japanese technology etc.
(d) Intensifying adjectives – a close friend, strong allies etc.
(e) Limiter adjectives – a particular person, the only way, the same girl etc.
(f) Dynamic adjectives – calm, cruel, naughty, greedy, good etc.
(g) Demonstrative adjectives – a, an and the
Characteristics of adjective:-
(a) They are both attributive and predicative
(b) Can be pre-modified by the use of intensifier ‘very’.
(c) Can take comparative and superlative form.
(d) They can be complement to a subject.
(e) They can be also an object to compliment.
(f) Many adjectives provide the base form from which adverbs are derived.
Let us go through certain typical examples related to adjective.
Directions:
find out the error if any in each of the following sentences. If there
is no error in any section of the sentence, your answer will be (e).
Q1. (a) It is a matter of joy / (b) to all of us that / (c) next week there is / (d) few holidays in our office.
Ans – (d) ‘a few’ will be used. ‘few’ means negativity.,
whereas ‘a few’ means positivity. In the above sentence, we need a
positive one.
Q2. (a) Do not rely / (b) upon him; / (c) he is a man / (d) of few words.
Ans – (d) ‘few’ will be used.
Q3. (a) Are there some boys / (b) in your class / (c) to support / (d) my propaganda?
Ans – (a) ‘any’ will be used. ‘any’ is used in interrogative sentences, rather than using ‘some’.
‘any’ is also used in negative sentences after if, scarcely, barely and hardly.
Q4. (a) Will you / (b) purchase any / (c) pencil for / (d) my brother?
Ans – (b) ‘some’ will be used. Always remember that if a
sentence shows the aspect of request, ‘some’ will be used. ‘some’ is
used with countable nouns and with positive sentences.
Q5. (a) She is the eldest / (b) cow in my village, / (c) that is why, we / (d) cannot sell her to you.
Ans – (a) ‘oldest’ will be used. Elder, eldest is not used for animals or thing. It is only used for persons.
Q6. (a) Farther discussions / (b) will be held in / (c) our regional office / (d) on next Sunday.
Ans – (a) ‘further’ will be used. ‘farther’ means distant or advanced. ‘Further’ means additional.
Q7. (a) The death of last / (b) Mogul Emperor / (c) was prior than / (d) the ‘Do’ or ‘Die’ movement.
Ans – (c) ‘to’ will be used. Comparative adjectives
ending in –or are followed by the preposition ‘to’. Eg. – inferior,
superior, prior, senior, junior, anterior, posterior (07)
Q8. (a) It rained / (b) each day / (c) during / (d) your absence.
Ans – (b) ‘every’ will be used because the number of days of absence is not given. ‘every’ is used when the number is indefinite.
Q9. (a) Six women / (b) were / (c) seated on / (d) every chair.
Ans – (d) ‘each’ will be used because here the number of chairs is accountable.
Q10. (a) She / (b) meets me/ (c) each / (d) four days.
Ans – (c) ‘every’ will be used.
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