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ADJECTIVE
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Contents Adjective
Kinds of Adjectives
Formation of Adjectives
Comparison of Adjectives
Formation of Comparative and Superlative
Interchange of the Degrees of Comparison
Position of Adjectives
The correct use of Adjectives
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A word used with a noun to describe or point out
Or to tell the number, quantity or quality, is called an Adjective.
Person
Animal
Things
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She is wearing a shiny blue track suit
ADJECTIVES
NOUN
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It’s a bright sunny day.
What is the adjective used in
the sentence?
ADJECTIVES
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ADJECTIVE ALSO ASK THE
QUESTIONS:
WHAT KIND? Iqra is a clever girl.
WHICH ONE?
I like that boy.
HOW MUCH? He has little intelligence.
HOW MANY? She gave me five mangoes.
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Today is a warm day with hundreds of birds chirping in the clear blue
sky.
What kind?
How many?
What kind?
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ADJECTIVES ARE USED IN TWO WAYS:
Attributively Predicatively Example:
The lazy boy was punished.
The adjective is used with the noun as an epithet or attribute.
Example:
The boy is lazy.
The adjective is used with the verb, and forms part of the predicate.
Note
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KINDS OF ADJECTIVES
Adjectives of Quality (Descriptive Adjectives)
Adjectives of Quantity
Adjectives of Number
Demonstrative Adjectives
Interrogative Adjectives
Emphasizing Adjectives
Exclamatory Adjectives
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It shows the kind or quality of noun.
He is an honest man.
This is a grammar of English* language.
* Adjectives formed from proper nouns e.g.,(Turkish tobacco, French wines, Indian tea.) are sometimes called Proper Adjectives.
Example
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It shows how much of a thing is meant.
He showed much patience.
You have no sense.
He has lost all his wealth.
Adjectives of quantity answer the question : How much?
Example
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Numeral Adjectives show how many persons or things are meant.
The hand has five fingers.
Most boys like cricket.
Numeral adjectives are of three kinds;
a) Definite Numeral adjectives Denote exact number
b) Indefinite Numeral adjectives Don’t denote exact number (all, any)
c) Distributive Numeral adjectives Refer to each one of a number.
Example:
1.Every word of it is true.
2.Pakistan expects every man to do his duty.
Example
Cardinals, Ordinals
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Points out which person or thing is meant.
These mangoes are sour.
I hate such things.
Don’t be in such a hurry.
Demonstrative adjectives answer the question: which?
Example
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What, which, and whose, when they are used with nouns to ask questions, are called interrogative adjectives.
What manner of man is he?
Which way shall we go?
Whose book is this?
Example
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In the following sentences own and very is used as emphasizing adjectives:
I saw it with my own eyes.
Mind your own business.
That is the very thing we want.
Example
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The word what is sometimes used as an Exclamatory Adjectives.
What an idea!
What a blessing!
What genius!
Example
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ONE SHOULD NOT USE TOO MANY ADJECTIVES IN THE SENTENCES:
The fierce ugly old brown
tiger.
x
Example
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TO MAKE A PERFECT SENTENCE ONE
SHOULD FOLLOW THE FOLLOWING ORDER:
SIZE
TYPE
TEXTURE
COLOR
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The yellow big beach shiny ball. x
The big shiny yellow beach ball.
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FORMATION OF ADJECTIVES Many adjectives are formed from noun.
Some adjectives are formed from verbs.
cont.…
Noun Adjectives
Boy Boyish
Fool Foolish
Dirt Dirty
verb Adjectives
Talk Talkative
Move Moveable
tire tireless
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Some adjectives are formed from adjectives.
FORMATION OF ADJECTIVES
Adjective Adjective
Tragic Tragical
Black Blackish
Sick Three white
Sickly Threefold whitish
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DEGREES OF COMPARISON
There are three degrees of comparison.
1. Positive Degree:
The positive degree of some adjective is the adjective in its simple form. It
denotes the mere existence of some quality.
Ex. Ayesha’s mango is sweet.
2. Comparative Degree:
It denotes higher a degree of the quality than the positive, and is used when two
things are compared.
Ex. Iqra’s mango is sweeter than Ayesha’s.
No comparison
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3. Superlative Degree
It denotes the highest degree of quality, and is used when more than two things are compared.
Ex. Fozia’s mango is sweetest of all. Note
The superlative with most is sometimes used where is no comparison, but merely to indicate the possession of a quality in a very high degree; as
This is most unfortunate.
This usage is called the Superlative of Eminence, or the Absolute Superlative.
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