GROUP 1

ADJECTIVE
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Definition Adjective
Adjective is that it is a word that describes or clarifies a noun/pronoun. Adjectives
describe nouns by giving some information about an object's size, shape, age, color,
origin or material.

Example
• It's a big table (size )
• It's an old table (age)
• It's brown table (color)
• This is a wooden table (material)
Type of adjectives :
1. Descriptive Adjective

Descriptive Adjective is defined as the type of adjectives that are used to express the size,
color, or shape of a person, a thing, an animal, or place. They are used to provide more
information to a noun by describing it.

Descriptive adjectives usually express things that are observable through the five senses
(touch, taste, sight, smell, and sound).

Example
• Cactus has sharp leaves
• She brushed her long brown hair.
• The boy teased the small kids in the park.
• The extremely bright light almost blinded me.
2. Distributive Adjective

Distributive adjective is an adjective used for nouns that indicate its various or individually.
• EACH

It is used to show that certain condition is applied to everyone in a group/mass.

Example :
 Each student has to return the books to the library before the dateline.
 Each of us has a responsibility to perform well.
 Each boy must bring this own bag.

• ONE

Example :
 can you buy this one ?
 Each one knows the secret
 No one enjoys flight
• EVERY

Every is used to represent many objects

Example :
I think every woman loves to go shopping
 Every book in this library is covered with transparent cover paper

• EITHER

When used as an adjective, either means "one or the other of two people or things,“

Either : one or another among two available options.

Example :
 Either of these movies would be interesting to me
 They cann't use either computer
 Either Peter or Paul is going to be the next manager.
• NEITHER

neither means "not one or the other of two people or things." In other words, neither means
"not either.“

Neither : non of the two options available.

Example :
 Neither car is good according to me
 You may borrow neither book.
 Neither mango is sweet

• ANY

Example :
 is there any coffee in the pot ?
 They don"t have anything to eat
 Did anyone complain ?
3. Possesive Adjective

possessive adjectives are the words used to show a form of possession/ ownership
4. Demonstrative Adjective
Demonstrative adjective is adjective that function to indicate something (object or person)
that is specific.
• THIS & THAT
 "This" is used for a noun in close proximity.

For example: "This is my favorite coat."

"That" is used for a noun at greater distance.

For example: "That is my favorite coat."

5. Interogative Adjective
Interrogative adjective is used with nouns to ask questions. The interogative adjectives
are: what, which, and whose.
Example :
 Whose car is this ?
 What car is mary driving?
 Which house did you buy?
6. Quantitative Adjective
Quantitative adjective provides information about the quantity of the nouns. This type
belongs to the question category of ' how much' and 'how many’.

Example :
I have 20 bucks in my wallet
 They have three childrens
 He has 40 horses
 There are 50 boys and 26 girls on this tour.

7. Article Adjective
A special type of adjective is called an article adjective. There are three articles: “a" ,"an"
and "the".
The vs. A/An
• Use "the" when you want to specify one specific noun out of all the same nouns.

For example:
 The girl jumped out low window onto the rosebush.

"The" is called a definite article because the subject it is referring to is a definite (specific)
noun out of all the same nouns.

• Use "a" when you are not specifying a particular noun.

Example :
A cat is stuck up tree.

The article "a" (or an) is used with nouns that are not specific.

"A/An" is called an indefinite article because the subject it is referring to is an indefinite (not
specific) noun.
A vs. An
The articles "a" and "an" are actually two forms of the same article. However, we have
two different forms of this article because each form is used in a different situation.

1. Use "a" when the first sound heard after the article is a consonant.

Example:
a car, a beetle, a dinosaur, a pair of scissors, a zebra.

2. Use "an" when the first sound heard after the article is a vowel.

Example:
 an alpine butterfly, an eatery, an igloo, an octopus, an umbrella.
Sometimes, even though the word following article may start with a consonant, you may
need to use the article "an" if the first sound heard is that of a vowel. Similarly,
sometimes you may have to use the article "a" before a word that starts with a vowel if
the first sound heard is that of a consonant.

Example:
 It is an honor to meet you.

the article "an" is used because in the word "honor", the "h" is silent, so the "o", a vowel,
is the first sound heard.
If there is another word between the article and the noun, then the article will be based on
the first sound of the word in between, not the noun.

For example:
• a lazy alligator, a nice eatery, a very cold, a giant octopus, a heavy umbrella.

Even though the first sounds of the nouns in the above examples are those of vowels, the
first sounds after the articles are those of consonants, so here the article "a" is used and
not "an".

Here are some examples of the opposite:

• an artistic person, an enthusiastic teacher, an impatient boy, an occupied doctor, an
underfed pet.

Even though the first sounds of the nouns in the above examples are those of consonants,
the first sounds after the articles are those of vowels, so here the article "an" is used and
not "a".
Suffix and Prefix
• Suffix

Suffix is a letter added at the end of a word

which makes a new word.

Some words ending in -ly are only

adjectives and not adverbs. These include:
costly, cowardly, deadly,friendly, likely,
lonely, lovely, oily, orderly, scholarly, silly,
smelly, timely, ugly, woolly,lonely, lovely,
elderly,girly,manly.

Example :
• We enjoyed the trip to America but it
was a costly holiday.
• Oily fish is very healthy because it
contains omega 3.
• Prefix

Prefix is added to the front of a word to change its meaning.

Adjective Order
In many languages, adjectives denoting attributes ussualy occur in specific order.
Generally, the adjective order in english is :

1. Quantity or number

2. Quality or opinion

3. Size

4. Age

5. Shape

6. Color

7. Proper adjective ( often nationality, other place of origin, or material)

8. Purpose or qualifier
example
Thank You