Adjectives:
Adjectives are words that modify a noun or a pronoun by describing, identifying, or quantifying words.
Examples: The truck-shaped balloon floated over the treetops.
My husband knits intricately patterned mittens.
Adjectives are words that modify a noun or a pronoun by describing, identifying, or quantifying words.
Examples: The truck-shaped balloon floated over the treetops.
My husband knits intricately patterned mittens.
Types of Adjectives:
Comparative & Superlative Adjectives:
We use comparative adjectives when talking about or comparing two things (not three or more things).
For example, Jack is taller than Peter.
A superlative adjective expresses the extreme or highest degree of quality. We use a superlative adjective to describe the extreme quality of one thing in a group of things (more than two). For example, Jack is the tallest of all the students.
Adjectives of Quality:
These adjectives are used to describe the nature of a noun.
Example: Sheila is a beautiful woman.
These adjectives are used to describe the nature of a noun.
Example: Sheila is a beautiful woman.
Adjectives of Quantity/ Number:
These adjectives help to show the amount or the approximate amount of the noun or pronoun.
Example: Many people came to visit the fair.
These adjectives help to show the amount or the approximate amount of the noun or pronoun.
Example: Many people came to visit the fair.
Demonstrative Adjectives:
These adjectives are used to point out or indicate a particular noun or pronoun using the adjectives – This, That, These, and Those.
Example: I really like those shoes.
These adjectives are used to point out or indicate a particular noun or pronoun using the adjectives – This, That, These, and Those.
Example: I really like those shoes.
Grammar: Concept & Rules
Interrogative Adjectives:
These adjectives are used to ask questions about nouns or in relation to nouns, they are – Where, What, Which, and Whose.
Example: Whose pen is this?
Example: Whose pen is this?
Coordinate Adjectives:
These are the words that can be re-arranged in the series easily and are still grammatically sound.
Example: She was a kind, generous, loving human being.
These are the words that can be re-arranged in the series easily and are still grammatically sound.
Example: She was a kind, generous, loving human being.
Non-coordinate Adjectives:
These are those adjectives that cannot be rearranged in the series. These do not use commas to separate the adjectives.
Example: She has two energetic playful dogs.
These are those adjectives that cannot be rearranged in the series. These do not use commas to separate the adjectives.
Example: She has two energetic playful dogs.