Adjectives…

What is
adjective……?
Lets watch a small video about
adjectives……………………….
Adjectives describes or give
information
about a …………………
• Person
• Place
• Animal
• or a thing
An adjective gives information
about the color,size,shape of a
noun.
There are different types of adjectives.

They are………………………

Types Examples

Age old/new
Shape round/oval
Judgment ugly/silly
Measurement big/small
Material wooden,gold
Purpose dining,walking
Color Black,Pink
Participle(Condition) carved,broken
Provenance Indian,Chinese
There are different kinds of
Adjectives in English language …

 Adjectives of Quality
 -good boy
 -Honest student

 Adjectives of Quantity
 -Much money
 -little milk
  Adjectives of number

They are different kinds as follows.

I. Definite number

Cardinals Ordinals
-one -first
-two -second
-there -third
I. II. Indefinite numbers
 -All
 -many
 -some
I. III. Distributive numbers
 -every
 -either
 -neither
 Demonstrative adjectives
 -These students
 -That girl

 Interrogative adjectives
They use as questions
 -which
 -what
 -whose

 Possessive adjectives
 -My books
 -Your pen
Activity 01

Pick out all the adjectives from following sentences & state what type of
adjectives each one is.
1) She screamed several times.
2) Every men have their duties.
3) Which book do you prefer?
4) They come here every day.
5) Sama won the third price.
6) I was absent last Monday.
7) My brother lives in the next village.
8) Few paeticipants were present at the time.
9) I couldn’t see him for several days.
10) Some dreams are like reality.
Formation of adjectives

 The adjectives in English language are

formed in three major ways.
They are........................................
01.Form nouns

Many adjectives are formed from nouns by adding

suffixes.Such as,ish,full,some,less,en,y,able,ious,ly etc

 fool+ish foolish
 care+full careful
 shame+less shameless
 gold+en golden
 dirt+y dirty
 laugh+able laughable
 glory+ious glorious
 main+ly mainly
02.From verbs
some adjectives are formed from nouns by adding suffixes.

 Talk+ative talkative
 move+able moveable
 paly+ful playful
03.from other adjectives

 tragic-tragical
 sick-sickly
 black-blackish
Activity 02

Supply suitable adjectives.

1. The …………Prize was won by Sri Lanka.

2. She wants……………….advice.
3. Teacher expects……………….leader to do the duty.
4. Every cloud has a ……………….lining.
5. The …………….bird catches the worm.