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KINDS OF ADJECTIVE

1. Adjectives of Quality or Descriptive Adjective:


Show the kind or quality of a person, noun. Or add something in the noun as well
enhance the meaning of the noun.

 Kolkata is a large city.


 He is an honest man.
 Sana is gorgeous lady

 Proper Adjectives:
Adjectives formed from Proper Noun (e.g. French wines or Indian tea) are sometimes
called Proper Adjectives.

2. Adjective of Quantity: (uncountable noun)


Shows how much of a thing is meant; as
 I ate some rice
 He has lost all his wealth
 You have no sense
 He showed much patience

3. Adjective of Number or Numeral Adjectives: (Countable noun)


Shows how many persons and things are meant:
 The hand has five fingers
 All men must die
 Most boys like cricket
 There are no pictures in this book.
(b). Definite Numeral Adjective
Shows the exact number as:
 One, two, three, etc. these are called Cardinals.
 First, second, third, etc. these are called Ordinals.
(c). Indefinite Numeral Adjective
Which do not donate an exact number as:
 All, no, many, few, some, several
(d). Distributive Numeral Adjective
Which refer to each one of a number
 Each boy must take his turn.
 Every word of it is false.
4. Demonstrative Adjective:
 Point out which person or thing is meant as:
 This boy is stronger than Hari.
 That boy is industrious
 Don’t be in such a hurry.
Demonstrative adjectives answer the question: which?

5. Interrogative Adjective
What, which and whose, when they are used with noun to ask questions, are called
Interrogative Adjectives.
 Whose book is this?
 What manner of man is he?

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