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Adjectives
Kinds of Adjectives
|Adjectives
in the
the. villagepond. All
sun and wished he could go swimming in
idea. He decided that a. .Swim was just
at once, Jaypal had a -
waters!
what he needed. So he ran down to the pond and jumped into its .
n # n a # a n f " n o * 5 0 9 a r a * a n s s * * * * * * a n a * * * *
sudden, Jaypal let out a cry that could be heard all over the villagge.
He wiggled and squirmed, trying to find the source of his discomfort. Finally, after one. a ***
shake, a . *************************************************************************
rog came flopping out of Jaypal's pants!
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gathered at tha
Seeing the frog, all the villagers who had
twice sbot
think twice
pool, let out a would now definitely
laugh Jaypal
went for a swim when he had to worki
Some Other
Kinds of Adjectives
Proper Adjectives Adjectives of Numbers
Emphasising Adjectiy
octve
strong feelings
origin or source exact number
Cardinal numbers:
For example: sheer Wae
For example: Italian food, | For example: forty rupees,
Chinese toys eighty dollars
Ordinal numbers: order or rank
For example: first position,
third house
Indefinte adjectives: do not
denote exact number
For example: some children, any
dress
Distributive adjectives: referto
each one of a number
For example: every book, each
member of a number
B. Underline the adjectives in the following sentences and state their kinds.
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Order of Adjectives
man
Silly young English
metal bowl
huge round
19. a small French skinny poodle 20. a serving bowl small Japanese
Formation of Adjectives
other adjectivesS.
suffixes to form adjectives from nouns, verbs
or
We use
-able
favour - favourable
advise - advisable comfort-comfortable
value valuable
profit profitable
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Contempt-contemptible
permit-pemissible
permit-pemilsSible
terror - lert
terro.
ible
al autumn-autumnal crime-Cnminal
brute - brutal
geography-geographical habit - habitual
herb-herbal
machine- mechanical
rectangle-rectangus
-ar c i r c l e - circular
triangle -triangular
compasSIon-compassi
-ate passion-passionate
affection - affectionate
maid-maiden
-en
silk-silken
wood wOoden
-less
hope - hopeless
care careless
cheer cheerless
-iC
atmosphere - atmospr=
angel-angelic herp-heroic
poet poetic science -Scientific sympathy-sympathe
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Ish
book - bookish
chld-chlldish boy-boylsh
git-girtish fevor-foverish fool-foolsh
ly
brother-brotherly sister sisterly father-fatherly
mother- motherly day-dally nlght-nightly
hour-houly week-weekly month- monthly
year-yearly friend-friendly king- kingly
scholar- scholarly COward-cowardly
(But when we add -ly to the adjective brave, the word formed, that is, bravely, is an adverb, not
an adjective)
-Ous
-Some
tire - tiresome
quarrel - quarrelsome trouble-troublesome
worry- worrisome
sultable
D. Make adjectlves from these words by adding
face
1. profit -**** -
mercy
3. trouble
circle
5. fame peespdneae Ps adobesebpoaenovos
6.
friend
7. centree 3.
might
9. adventure
usesaaraeosaouesazonapod***o
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need
11. talk o*seepea 8Peosor*s *audaeeePeBenepmpeave
12.
******
north
13. affection 14. **** ****"*********
(quarre)
. Nobody likes to work with that lady becauseshe Is veiy
r Kapoor always donates to poor children and oine people. (neec)
i a fits in very well in her new school because she is very
by nature. (friend
.. (talk)
O. Mohan keeps getting remarks in his diary becausehe is
7. Henu drew the face with a nose. (bulb)
8. We decided to subscribe to the dootadpoees Febbarobd rod
issue ofthe magazine. (month)
.Leela did not like the book because she thought the story to be quite rescsos0ea*pmorn
. Chil
4. The **sennsannsn e*********enzenenee act of the constable managed to save the passengers
burning taxi.
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5. Mom's tour is in February.
6. Learning Classical music is a part of my plan
7. Marrying off underage children is a . es9es* ** ** sds*****m*ap* ***********"
offence.
and need to be nurtured.
8. Relationships are.
Degrees of Comparison
AS we have
seen earlier, adjectives have three degrees of comparison.
Some, Any
Similarities between some and any
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Differences in the use of some and any
Some is used in affirmative sentences
refrigerato
For example: have somenmilk in the
Any is used in negative sentences.
tor example: I don't have any milk in the re
school
1. How ****************a****oeaavayaa***aaa**
.does this watch cost?
2. You need to tell me how... packets of flour you require for this recipe.
3. ow**w*sooubuusoov students apply for medical courses in Australia.
4. At the wedding, not.
. food was wasted as the leftovers were dis
among the poor of the area.
it to the a
6. Don't order too Chocolates as they are not
good for yoUr teeth
7. misfortune could have been avoided,
if you were carerul
8. Can you tell me how ceuacce*c****eeoo easecassgaessseeew
days will the food last?
.
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Little, a Little, the Little
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sisters.
For example:
She is the elder of the two
two
buildings. for
s e n i o r i t y
within
family.
a
farnily
This is the older of the the
reserved
be p a r tof
should not a
Sometimes it is said that r
and
eldest
beople
who
are
b r o t h e r .
()
older and olcdest uld be used only for eldest
the (X
by brother.
Foreexample:1. The money was
inherited
the
oldest
inherited by
The money was class.
of the
2. Minisha is oldest
student
class.( (
or an objec
ofthe person
ofa
student
(elder/older)
(elder/older)
brother is a doctor.
3. My.. eeee********
(elder/older) sisters.
4. I have two,
Bangalore.
son works in
(eldest/oldest)
5. His. my family
(eldest/oldest) member of
6. My grandmother is the . .
class.
student in her
(eldest/oldest)
7. She is the.
footballer.
8. His. (eldest/oldest) son is a
9. He is the. * * * * * * * * i * * ° * * * * * * * * * * * *
. .
(eldest/oldest) in the family.
(older/elder) than him.
10. She is two years
Later, Latter, Latest, Last
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or
Nowlet's
t's ta take a loOK at latter. It can be used to describe something occurring near the end,
belonging thefinal stages.
Foreexample: Fashion became more colourful in the latter half of the decade.
t an also be used to refer to the last item in a series.
c a nalso
1here are so many different opinions on the book. Some people say that the
example: Anu
For Tilm was good, some say it was great, and some say it was horrible.
4. Myneighbours have a son and a daughter: the former is a teacher, the.. **o*******
is a nurse.
7. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is her.. 4*#*****999* ..book featuring
#no# * ¢*****0** ***a
Harry Potter.
8. This is the very last sentence of this exercise. Thank you for doing it! See you
* **'*****°*****
* *** **********
Nearest, Next
Nearest is used for place. It is used to refer to people or things which are most near in space.
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after s/lhat one.
this/.
orin
Next
means
8. I will be
busy this week and the . .
9. Jupiter will officially be. 1e00h4pad
t o our planet next month.
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