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The adjective

Defination : A word that tells you more about a noun.

· An adjective describes or modifies noun/s and pronoun/s in a sentence. It normally indicates quality, size, shape, duration, feelings, contents, and more about a noun or pronoun.

Example The team has a dangerous batsman. (What kind?)

I have ten candies in my pocket. (How many?)
I loved that red car. (Which one?)
I earn more money than he does. (How much?)

· KINDS OF ADJECTIVES

Adjectives of Quality : ‘Adjectives of Quality’ give more information about quality of a thing or person.

Adjective of quality is used to describe the subject or noun.These adjectives specify quality as well as state and action of a noun.

We get Adjectives of Quality by asking question ‘of what kind?’ to a noun to know the quality of noun.

Here are some examples :

• He is a clever boy.

• He is a nice guy.

• Japan is a developed country.

• Sara is a beautiful girl.

• My boss is an honest person.

• This is a heavy box.

• Ram has a black dog.

• She is an intelligent girl.

Adjectives of quantity: Adjective of quantity is used with noun.

We get these numeral adjectives to know the quantity by asking a question ‘how much?’ to a noun or pronoun.These quantity telling words tell us the amount of noun but does not tell the exact number. Adjectives of Quantity are used when we don’t want the exact number of noun.

Here are some examples of adjectives of quantity:

• I took some notebooks.

• They had enough plates.

• He gave all his pens.

• He has no qualification.

• I have no faith in him.

• You did not take any book.

• She asked him to give half material.

Adjectives of number:

An adjective of number is an adjective that tells exactly how many or how much of something there is. It differs from an adjective of quantity that that references a quantity of something that cannot be counted (i.e. some milk, all lemonade). Adjectives of number refer to things that can be counted-even if it is an indefinite amount in the sentence.

· Definite Adjectives of Number

These are numbers and amounts, both cardinal numbers and ordinal numbers: one, thousand, gallon, first, fifth, etc. These refer to definite amounts of things.

· Indefinite Adjectives of Number

These are adjectives that refer to an indefinite amount of something that can be counted:some, all, many, any, few, no, several, etc. These same words can be used as adjectives of quantity when they refer to something that cannot be counted (i.e. milk, time, water). But, they are adjectives of number when they refer to items that can be counted (i.e. some crackers, many chocolates, no people).

· Distributive Adjectives of Number

These are adjectives that refer to individual people, places, or things that are part of a total group or part of a whole. Examples include each, every, either, neither.Remember that many of these words can also function as other parts of speech (i.e. nouns and pronouns), so you must be careful to make sure that the word is functioning as an adjective.

· Demonstrative Adjectives: It indicates which person or thing is meant ;

I. Bring that chair.

II. Those mountains are far away.

(Adjectives: this,that,these,those)

· Interrogative Adjectives: These are used with nouns to ask question.

I. Which book shall you buy?

II. What poem do you like best?

III. Whose son is he?

Adjectives: which,what,whose)