Adjective

An adjective describes or modifies noun/s and pronoun/s in a

sentence. It normally indicates quality, size, shape, duration, feelings,
contents, and more about a noun or pronoun.
Adjectives usually provide relevant information about the
nouns/pronouns they modify/describe by answering the
questions: What kind? How many? Which one? How much? Adjectives
enrich your writing by adding precision and originality to it.
Example:
o The team has a dangerous batsman. (What kind?)
o I have ten candies in my pocket. (How many?)
o I loved that red car. (Which one?)
o I earn more money than he does. (How much?)
Examples:
o Ramon has always been a Marxist.
o I don’t believe in platonic love.
o Jocasta was a Serbian player.
o Japanese products are reliable.
o If you do not understand the Kantian ethics, you can come to
me.
o I have a grammar book on my desk.
o We used to have an old car.
o He brought an expensive mirror for me.
o She gave me some gorgeous red roses.
o He wanted to buy a diamond ring.
o These mangoes are not edible anymore.
o He can’t forget that incident.
o My computer became slow.
o Our father asked us to be together always.
o Your bike has been stolen from here.
o Alex bought an exquisite diamond ring.

Descriptive Adjectives
A descriptive adjective is a word which describes nouns and pronouns.
Most of the adjectives belong in this type. These adjectives provide
information and attribute to the nouns/pronouns they modify or
describe. Descriptive adjectives are also called qualitative adjectives.
Participles are also included in this type of adjective when they
modify a noun.
Examples:
o I have a fast car. (The word ‘fast’ is describing an attribute of
the car)
o I am hungry. (The word ‘hungry’ is providing information
about the subject)
o The hungry cats are crying.
o I saw a flying Eagle.
Examples of Descriptive Adjective in Sentences:
o Alex is a nice person.
o He is a cricketer.
o I bought a genuine product.
o I am a self-reliant man.
o He has a beautiful niece.
o She is a clever girl.
o Give me that red big grammar book.
o I have an old touring car.
o He bought an expensive old silver mirror.
o He gave me four gorgeous yellow roses.
o I want to buy a diamond ring.
o She loves golden jars.
o I want to throw a surprise party for her.
o Give me that big brown pad.
o We ate some delicious food.
o He plays with an enormous bat.
o Robin is a hard-working person.
o Shaun is an exciting cricketer.
o Watson is a dashing all-rounder.
o We caught a running kangaroo.
o Don’t eat in that broken plate
 Quantitative
Adjectives
A quantitative adjective provides information about the quantity of
the nouns/pronouns. This type belongs to the question category of
‘how much’ and ‘how many’.
Examples:
o I have 20 bucks in my wallet. (How much)
o They have three children. (How many)
o You should have completed the whole task. (How much)
Examples of Quantitative Adjective in Sentences:
o He has 40 horses.
o I have been standing here for three hours.
o Four girls were expelled from the school.
o The first boy failed in the last exam.
o Not a single boy is in the classroom.
o The Second World War still haunts some people.
o There are 50 boys and 26 girls on this tour.
o The forest has 2120 animals.
o The fourth boy became first in the final exam.
o He is doing it for 66th times now.
o He ate half of my burger.
o Albert roasted some chicken for his teammates.
o Ron has many pens in his large bag.
o John completed the whole task.
o There is enough juice for my breakfast.
o Little water is needed to make that pastry.
o I do not have any chocolates in my bag.
o I have sufficient money for shopping.
o Most people are poor in this world.
o A Few people are rich and they hold most of the wealth
 Proper Adjectives
Proper adjectives are the adjective form of proper nouns. When
proper nouns modify or describe other nouns/pronouns, they become
proper adjectives. ‘Proper’ means ‘specific’ rather than ‘formal’ or
‘polite.’
Example:
o American cars are very strong.
o Chinese people are hard workers.
o I love KFC burgers.
o Marxist philosophers despise capitalism
Examples of Proper Adjectives:
o Alex is an Australian player.
o Robin is an Indian player.
o Sushi is an Asian player.
o I love Chinese food.
o My brother likes Italian cuisine.
o Shakespearean sonnets are easy to comprehend.
o Petrarchan sonnets are more complex.
o He has always been a Marxist.
o There is nothing called platonic love.
o He was a Serbian baseball player.
o Japanese cars are wonderful.
o I did not understand the Kantian ethics.
o He uses a Kentuckian rifle.
o All the African people are not black.
o Texan English is different from conventional English.
o Mexican cuisine is an incredible dish

Demonstrative
Adjectives
A demonstrative adjective directly refers to something or someone.
Demonstrative adjectives include the words: this, that, these, those.
Examples:
 o That building is so gorgeously decorated. (‘That’ refers to a
singular noun far from the speaker)
o This car is mine. (‘This’ refers to a singular noun close to the
speaker)
o These cats are cute. (‘These’ refers to a plural noun close to
the speaker)
o Those flowers are heavenly. (‘Those’ refers to a plural noun
far from the speaker)
Examples of Demonstrative Adjectives in Sentences:
o Give me that blue water bottle.
o This time I won’t fail you.
o I want those gorgeous marbles.
o I wanted to propose you that day.
o These mangoes are rotting.
o I can’t forget that incident.
o Those people were mean to her.
o I cannot give you money at this moment.
o I could not manage it at that moment.
o Those rascals are back in the town.
o This pen is smoother than that pen.
o Will you please grant me that loan we talked about?
o That building is stronger than this hut.
o But this hut is more beautiful than that building.

Possessive Adjectives
A possessive adjective indicates possession or ownership. It suggests
the belongingness of something to someone/something.
Some of the most used possessive adjectives are my, his, her, our,
their, your.
All these adjectives always come before a noun. Unlike possessive
pronouns, these words demand a noun after them.
Examples:
o My car is parked outside.
o His cat is very cute.
o Our job is almost done.
 oHer books are interesting
Examples of Possessive Adjective:
o My computer is not working as fast as it worked in the
beginning.
o Our father told us not to quarrel with anyone.
o Your cycle has been stolen yesterday.
o Your child is not doing well in the school.
o We are concerned about his performance.
o The students of class seven submitted their assignment.
o I could not understand her intentions.
o Her thoughts are too complex.
o My mind stops working when I think about that.
o Stop messing with my hair.
o I cannot believe that you broke my glasses.
o I don’t want to see his shadow again.
o She made her life miserable by pessimism.
o Their favorite teacher did not come yesterday.
o Will you mind opening my drawer and look into it?
o I walked for 4 hours and now I cannot feel my legs.
o She could not identify his motives

Interrogative Adjectives:
An interrogative adjective asks a question. An interrogative adjective
must be followed by a noun or a pronoun. The interrogative adjectives
are: which, what, whose. These words will not be considered as
adjectives if a noun does not follow right after them. ‘Whose’ also
belongs to the possessive adjective type.
Examples:
o Which phone do you use?
o What game do you want to play?
o Whose car is this?
Examples of Interrogative Adjective in Sentences:
o Whose book was that?
o Which pen do you like more?
o What books are you buying today?
o Which book on proofreading do you recommend?
o Which team scored the higher in the last match?
o Which player did get a fifty yesterday?
 o What recipe did you choose to make this dish?
o Which bat is Watson’s?
o Which song is Zara listening to?
o What product did you order from there?
o Which topics are more important for the discussion?
o Whose pants did you wear?
o Whose phone did you use when you talked to me?

Indefinite Adjectives
An indefinite adjective describes or modifies a noun unspecifically.
They provide indefinite/unspecific information about the noun. The
common indefinite adjectives are few, many, much, most, all, any,
each, every, either, nobody, several, some, etc.
Examples:
o I gave some candy to her.
o I want a few moments alone.
o Several writers wrote about the recent incidents.
o Each student will have to submit homework tomorrow

Articles
Articles also modify the nouns. So, articles are also adjectives. Articles
determine the specification of nouns. ‘A’ and ‘an’ are used to refer to
an unspecific noun, and ‘the’ is used to refer to a specific noun.
Examples:
o A cat is always afraid of water. (Here, the noun ‘cat’ refers to
any cat, not specific.)
o The cat is afraid of me. (This cat is a specific cat.)
An electronic product should always be handled with care

Compound Adjectives
When compound nouns/combined words modify other nouns, they
become a compound adjective. This type of adjective usually combines
more than one word into a single lexical unit and modifies a noun.
They are often separated by a hyphen or joined together by a
quotation mark.
Example:
o I have a broken-down sofa.
o I saw a six-foot-long snake.
o He gave me an “I’m gonna kill you now” look.

The Degree of
Adjectives
There are three degrees of adjectives: Positive, comparative,
superlative.
These degrees are applicable only for the descriptive adjectives.
Examples:
Positive degree: He is a good boy.
Comparative degree: He is better than any other boy.
Superlative: He is the best boy.