Question

A identify the kinds of adjectives in these sentences.
1. The school purchased some expensive equipment for the new gymnasium
2 The children thanked their parents for the lovely gifts.
3. I need to retum these books to the library by tomorrow.
4. The silent night filled his childish heart with vague fears​

Answer 1

1. Expensive because it’s describing the equipment for gymnasium
2.lovely because it’s describing what type of gift it is.
3.no adjective
4.silent because it’s describing the night

Answer 2

AnswEr :

1. The school purchased some expensive equipment for the new gymnasium .

• Quantitative Adjective

Reason : It is a Quantitative Adjective as it tells the approx. amount of a noun (Some equipment's were purchased)

2. The children thanked their parents for the lovely gifts.

• Qualitative Adjective

Reason : Here, (children had thanked their parents) is used as it describes quality of the children.

3. I need to retum these books to the library by tomorrow.

• Demonstrative Adjective

Reason : Demonstrative adjective describes word that directly indicates a thing. In the above sentence 'these' indicates that, the books should be returned to library by tomorrow.

4. The silent night filled his childish heart with vague fears.

• Possessive Adjective.

Reason : Possessive adjective describes the possession of the noun to a person. In the above example 'his' describes the possession of the child!

• Additional information :

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Adjectives are the words which describe another person or thing in the sentence .

Examples :

1. She is as bright as her mother.
2. She is wearing her very finest outfit for the interview .
3. We were irritated by the heat.
4. The children were ashamed.

✩ Adjectives are broadly classified into 8 types. They are :

• Descriptive

• Quantitative

• Qualitative

• Demonstrative

• Possessive

• Interrogative

• Distributive

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