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Descriptive Adjectives Or Adjective Of Quality Personal titles are adjectives where the titles such as, Mr.,
Descriptive adjectives are those adjectives which describe Master, Miss, Mrs., Uncle, Auntie, Lord, Dr, Prof. and so on,
nouns or the noun phrases. For example: 'A beautiful day'. In are used as adjectives to describe the position of the noun.
this case, 'beautiful' is the adjective which qualifies or These titles could be placed in the front or even at the end. For
describes the noun 'day'. Descriptive adjectives have several example:
forms as discussed below.
The day after tomorrow, you can
Colors as adjectives: Black, Blue, White, visit Auntie Pauline and Uncle John.
Green, etc. The classes on Monday will be presented
Touch as adjective: Slippery, Sticky, etc. by Dr. Mary and Prof. Kate.
Feelings as adjectives: Happy, Sad, Angry,
Possessive Adjectives
etc.
Sizes as adjectives: Big, Small, Thin, Thick, Possessive adjective is used where the sentence shows
etc. possession or belongingness. They are similar to possessive
Origin as adjectives: European, Latin, Greek, pronouns and, in this case, are used as adjectives which
modify a noun or a noun phrase. Here words such as, our, my,
etc.
your, his, her, it's and their/s, are used. For example:
Shapes as adjectives: Triangular,
Rectangular, Square, Circular, etc.
Have you seen their house?
Qualities as adjectives: Good, Bad, Average,
This is his room.
etc.
Time as adjective: Yearly, Monthly, etc. Demonstrative Adjectives
Age as adjectives: Young, Ancient, Old, etc.
Material as adjectives: Wood, Cotton, Gold, Demonstrative adjectives are used when there is a need to
point specific things. The adjectives function as a way to
etc.
demonstrate something and are similar to demonstrative
Opinions as adjectives: Pretty, hot, expensive, pronouns. Here words such as this, that, these, those and what
etc. are used. Take, for instance, the sentence: 'If I hear that sound
again, I will call the Police'. Here 'that' refers to a specific
Adjective Of Quantity Or Numeric Adjective sound. Other examples are as follows:
Adjective of quantity talks about the quantity of the noun being Whose is this bag?
talked about and provides answer to the question of 'how These mangoes are sour.
much'. It shows the quantity or the numbers present in the
sentence. For example: 'there were three boys playing in the
ground'. Here the word 'three' signifies the quantity or the
number of boys playing. Other examples are:
Interrogative Adjectives
1. Determiners a, an, the, my, your,
several, etc.
An Interrogative adjective modifies a noun or a noun phrase 2. Observations lovely, boring,
and is similar to the interrogative pronoun. It does not stand on stimulating, etc.
its own and includes words such as, which, what, who, whose, 3. Size tiny, small, huge, etc.
whom, where and so on. For example: 'What dress are you 4. Shape round, square, rectangular,
wearing?' Here, 'what' modifies the noun 'dress' and is the etc.
object of the compound verb 'are wearing'. Other examples: 5. Age old, new, ancient, etc.
6. Color red, blue, green, etc.
7. Origin British, American, Mexican,
Which leaves turn color first? etc.
Whose son is he? 8. Material gold, copper, silk, etc.
9. Qualifier limiters for compound
nouns.
Comparative Adjectives
Comparative adjectives are those which imply increase or Here are some examples:
decrease of the quality or quantity of the nouns. It is used to
compare two things in a clause. Adjectives are generally made "The interesting, small, rectangular, blue car
comparative by adding 'er' to the original work like nicer, taller, is parked in my space."
smarter, etc; there are some exceptions also. Other examples "I bought a beautiful, long, red, Italian, silk
are:
tie."
"My father lives in a lovely, gigantic, ancient,
The detective is younger than the thief brick house."
Science is more important than math in these "I have an annoying, small, circular,
days. American, tin, alarm clock that wakes me
This school is better than the last one I up."
attended. "Lets order a delicious, huge, rectangular,
pepperoni pizza."
Superlative Adjectives "We all love our smart, petite, British
teacher."
Superlative adjectives express the greatest increase or "They all received several dazzling, small,
decrease of the quality; it conveys the supreme value of the ancient, gold coins."
noun in question. For instance, 'He is the richest man in this "She owns a stunning, large, old, brown dog
town'. Here, the word 'richest' is the superlative adjective which
named Boris."
shows a comparison individually.