Adjective

ADJECTIVES
ENGLISH GRAMMAR - ADJECTIVE
❖ What is an adjective?
/nimishamam /Iamnimishabansal /nimishamam

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➔ Adjective Examples

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1. They live in a big, beautiful house.

2. Since it’s a hot day, Rohit is wearing a
light dress.
3. The mountaintops are covered in
sparkling snow.
4. On her birthday, she received an antique
vase filled with fragrance.

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● sparkling - shining brightly

with flashes of light.
● antique - having a high value

because of age and quality.

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size, shape, age, color, origin or

material

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● It's a big table. (size)
● It's a round table. (shape)
● It's an old table. (age)

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● It's a brown table. (color)
● It's an English table. (origin)
● It's a wooden table. (material)

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● It's a lovely table. (opinion)
● It's a broken table. (observation)

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➔ Adjectives serve another

important role: they
answer questions like,
"Which one?" "How
many?" and "What kind?"

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➔ You can see how they do this job in the following

examples:
● Which cat did you see? It was

the grey cat.
● What kind of potatoes did you

buy? I bought red potatoes.

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● How many cars were in the parking

lot? There were few cars.
● How many people like ice

cream? Most people like ice
cream.

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● Which spoon did you use to stir

the soup? I used the wooden
spoon.
● What kind of coffee do you like?

I like black coffee.

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➔ Adjectives use certain suffixes
A suffix is the ending portion of a

word. They often follow familiar
patterns. In general, many English
adjectives end with these suffixes:

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-able/-ible: adorable, invisible,

responsible, uncomfortable
-al: educational, gradual, illegal,

nocturnal, viral
-an: American, Mexican, urban

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-ar: cellular, popular, spectacular, vulgar
-ent: intelligent, potent, silent, violent
-ful: harmful, powerful, tasteful, thoughtful
-ic/-ical: athletic, energetic, magical,

scientific

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-ine: bovine, canine, equine, feminine,

masculine
-ile: agile, docile, fertile, virile
-ive: informative, native, talkative

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-less: careless, endless, homeless,

timeless
-ous: cautious, dangerous,

enormous, malodorous

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Adjectives Use Certain Placement in a Sentence

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Before a Noun
If it comes immediately before a

noun, it's likely an adjective.
For example, in "blue plate," "blue"
is an adjective describing the noun
"plate."

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Between an Article and a Noun
If it comes between an article

like "the," "an," or "a" and is
followed by a noun, it is almost
definitely an adjective.

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➔ For example, in "the grassy

field," "grassy" is the adjective
describing the noun "field."

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➔ Between a Possessive and a Noun
If it comes between a possessive

pronoun or noun and another
noun, it is almost definitely an
adjective.

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For example, in "his red kite," "red"

is an adjective to describe "kite."
The same is true for "Dino's red
kite."

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➔ Between a Demonstrative and a Noun
If a word comes between a

demonstrative like "this," "that,"
"these," or "those" and a noun, it is
probably an adjective.

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For example, in "that perfect

kitchen," "perfect" is an
adjective describing "kitchen."

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➔ Between an Amount and a Noun

If a word comes between an
amount, including "some," "most,"
"all," or "a few," and a noun, it is
often an adjective.

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For example, in the phrase "a few

ordinary days," "ordinary" is an
adjective describing "days."

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● Adjectives can also act as

complements. Complements
complete a sentence when the verb
is "to be."
● Not every compliment is an

adjective, but some adjectives
can be complements.

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FOR EXAMPLES :
● She is tall.
● He is smart, handsome, and

rich.

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TYPES OF ADJECTIVES
Possessive Adjectives
➔ As the name indicates,

possessive adjectives are
used to indicate possession.

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● My
● Your
● His
● Her
● Its
● Our
● Their
➔ Possessive adjectives also function as
possessive pronouns.

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Demonstrative Adjectives
Demonstrative adjectives are used

to indicate or demonstrate specific
people, animals, or things. These,
those, this and that are
demonstrative adjectives.

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● These books belong to me.
● This movie is my favorite.
● Please put those cookies on the plate.

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Coordinate Adjectives
Coordinate adjectives are separated with

commas or the word and, and appear one
after another to modify the same noun.
The adjectives in the phrase bright, sunny
day and long and dark night are
coordinate adjectives.

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➔ In phrases with more than two

coordinate adjectives, the word
'and' always appears before the
last one; for example: The
writing had big, bold, and
bright letters.

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Numbers Adjectives
➔ When they’re used in sentences,

numbers are almost always
adjectives. You can tell that a
number is an adjective when it
answers the question “How
many?”

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● The truck was pulled by a team of

six.
● He ate twenty three hot dogs

during the contest, and was sick
afterwards.

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Interrogative Adjectives
➔ There are three

interrogative adjectives:
which, what, and whose.
Like all other types of
adjectives, interrogative
adjectives modify nouns.

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➔ As you probably know, all three of these words

are used to ask questions.
● Which option sounds best to you?
● What time should we go?
● Whose socks are those?

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Indefinite Adjectives
➔ Like the articles a and an,

indefinite adjectives are used
to discuss non-specific things.
You might recognize them,
since they’re formed from
indefinite pronouns.

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The most common indefinite adjectives are any,

many, no, several, and few.
● Do we have any peanut butter?
● Grandfather has been retired for many

years.

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● There are no bananas in the fruit bowl.
● I usually read the first few pages

of a book before I buy it.
● We looked at several cars before

deciding on the best one for our family.

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Attributive Adjectives
➔ Attributive adjectives talk about

specific traits, qualities, or features
– in other words, they are used to
discuss attributes. There are
different kinds of attributive
adjectives:

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● Observation adjectives such as

real, perfect, best, interesting,
beautiful or cheapest can
indicate value or talk about
subjective measures.

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● Size and shape adjectives

talk about measurable,
objective qualities including
specific physical properties.
Some examples include
small, large, square, round.

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● Age adjectives denote

specific ages in
numbers, as well as
general ages. Examples
are old, young, new,
five-year-old.

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● Color adjectives are exactly

what they sound like –
they’re adjectives that
indicate color. Examples
include pink, yellow, blue,
and black.

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● Origin adjectives indicate

the source of the noun,
whether it’s a person,
place, animal or thing.
Examples include
American, Canadian,
Mexican, French.

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● Material adjectives denote what

something is made of. Some examples
include cotton, gold, wool.
● Qualifier adjectives are often regarded

as part of a noun. They make nouns
more specific; examples include log
cabin, luxury car, and pillow cover.

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Comparative degree of adjectives:
Positive degree
Comparative degree
Superlative degree

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Positive degree
Positive Degree: This Is the

adjective in its simple form. It is
used simply to denote the
existence of a particular quality
in the person, place or thing that
we are talking about.

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EXAMPLE
● My suitcase is heavy.

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Comparative degree
Comparative degree: This is the

form of the adjective that
describes a higher degree of that
particular quality than the positive
degree. It is used when two
objects are being compared.

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EXAMPLE
● My suitcase is heavier than

yours.

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Superlative degree
Superlative degree: This is the

form of the adjective that
describes the highest degree of
that particular quality. It is used
when more than two objects are
being compared.

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EXAMPLE
● My suitcase is the heaviest

of all.

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Positive Comparative Superlative

good better best
bad worse worst
many/much more most
little less least
old older/elder oldest/eldest
late later/latter latest/last

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ADJECTIVES

ENGLISH GRAMMAR - ADJECTIVE

/nimishamam /Iamnimishabansal /nimishamam

/nimishamam /Iamnimishabansal /nimishamam

1. They live in a big, beautiful house.

/nimishamam /Iamnimishabansal /nimishamam

● sparkling - shining brightly

● antique - having a high value

/nimishamam /Iamnimishabansal /nimishamam

size, shape, age, color, origin or

/nimishamam /Iamnimishabansal /nimishamam

● It's a big table. (size)

● It's a round table. (shape)

● It's an old table. (age)

/nimishamam /Iamnimishabansal /nimishamam

● It's a brown table. (color)

● It's an English table. (origin)

● It's a wooden table. (material)

/nimishamam /Iamnimishabansal /nimishamam

● It's a lovely table. (opinion)

● It's a broken table. (observation)

/nimishamam /Iamnimishabansal /nimishamam

➔ Adjectives serve another

/nimishamam /Iamnimishabansal /nimishamam

➔ You can see how they do this job in the following

● Which cat did you see? It was

● What kind of potatoes did you

/nimishamam /Iamnimishabansal /nimishamam

● How many cars were in the parking

● How many people like ice

/nimishamam /Iamnimishabansal /nimishamam

● Which spoon did you use to stir

● What kind of coffee do you like?

/nimishamam /Iamnimishabansal /nimishamam

➔ Adjectives use certain suffixes

A suffix is the ending portion of a

/nimishamam /Iamnimishabansal /nimishamam

-able/-ible: adorable, invisible,

-al: educational, gradual, illegal,

-an: American, Mexican, urban

/nimishamam /Iamnimishabansal /nimishamam

-ar: cellular, popular, spectacular, vulgar

-ent: intelligent, potent, silent, violent

-ful: harmful, powerful, tasteful, thoughtful

-ic/-ical: athletic, energetic, magical,

/nimishamam /Iamnimishabansal /nimishamam

-ine: bovine, canine, equine, feminine,

-ile: agile, docile, fertile, virile

-ive: informative, native, talkative

/nimishamam /Iamnimishabansal /nimishamam

-less: careless, endless, homeless,

-ous: cautious, dangerous,

/nimishamam /Iamnimishabansal /nimishamam

Adjectives Use Certain Placement in a Sentence

/nimishamam /Iamnimishabansal /nimishamam

If it comes immediately before a

/nimishamam /Iamnimishabansal /nimishamam

Between an Article and a Noun

If it comes between an article

/nimishamam /Iamnimishabansal /nimishamam

➔ For example, in "the grassy

/nimishamam /Iamnimishabansal /nimishamam

➔ Between a Possessive and a Noun