Lecture Notes Adjective

Definition: Adjectives are words which describe, point out or tell numbers or quantity
about noun or pronoun. Or It answers us three things, what kind, which one, how many or
how much.

Types of Adjective
1. Adjective of Quality (What Kind) it tells us quality, state, condition or
characteristics
2. Adjective of Number or Quantity
3. Demonstrative Adjective
4. Interrogative Adjective

Adjective of Quality

Positive Degree Comparative Superlative

good Better than The best
Near Nearer The nearest
Big Bigger The biggest
Beautiful More beautiful The most beautiful
Inferior, superior, junior,
senior to

2. Adjective of Number or Quantity

a. Quantity: it is used with non-countable nouns like water, sand, milk, petrol etc
Some, large quantity, half, small, piece,
b. Number: it used when exact numbers of things or objects are told.

Definite adjective of number 1,2,3,4 (cardinal) Ist, 2nd, 3rd (Ordinal no)
Indefinite few, small no of, all, many, several, various and some etc
3. Demonstrative Adjective point out and specify a noun
That, those, This, these, such

4. Interrogative Adjective
What
Which
Where
When
Why
Who.Whose. Whom
How How many (number)
How much (Quantity)
How far (distance)
How large (size)
How long (duration of time)